North Korean A-Bomb: Another Bush Failure
by James Buchanan
It was George Bush who declated that Iran, Iraq and North Korea formed an “axis of evil.” So it was George Bush’s responsibility to see that none of those nations developed an A-Bomb and now he has failed big time. Bush and his cabal of neocons chose to invade the nation of Iraq, which posed the smallest possible threat to the US.
A Reuters news article reports “World powers condemned North Korea on Monday after it said it had conducted an underground nuclear test and Washington sought harsh UN sanctions that could further impoverish and isolate the communist state. China, Pyongyang’s strongest political and economic backer, denounced the test by its neighbor as ‘brazen,’ and urged it to avoid action that could worsen the situation. Russian President Vladimir Putin also condemned the test… Monday’s announcement by Pyongyang sharply escalated world concerns over North Korea’s nuclear program and was a slap in the face for major regional and world powers engaged in six-party talks intended to prevent just such a test.”
In reality it’s an almost impossible and fairly ridiculous policy to declare that one nation can have nuclear weapons while another can’t. The best policy would be encourage trade and friendly relations so that no one begins a rogue nuclear program. There are literally dozens of nations with nuclear reactors right at this moment. If the US -for example- declares that Bulgaria is a rogue state with an unstable leader that shouldn’t have a nuke, and Bulgaria develops nukes, then we have a new enemy in the world with nuclear weapons. Exactly how smart is that? By what criteria do we decide who can or cannot develop a nuclear bomb? (more…)