"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Chuck, wasn't their nuclear program in development during the Clinton
years? When you say, "...cut off the oil supply..." are you referring
to oil we were giving them or did we in fact place an embargo on North

Their nuke program was well developed during the administrations of Bush
the
First and Clinton. It was shut down, in exchange for certain assurances
from
the
US.

In 2001, we began accusing N. Korea of having a clandestine Nuclear
Weapons
program. Not unlike the WMD accusations leveled against Iraq.

During the month of November, 2002, (just as winter was geting underway in
North Korea) Bush very publicly and with great fanfare (he made a speech
about
it)
encouraged/permitted/influenced an organization acronymed as KEDO (it
manages
energy resources for the Korean peninsula) to immediately cut off the
shipment
of fuel oil into North Korea. Guess what? With an entire nation of
freezing
people, the Koreans hopped back on the nuclear program big time. Of
course,
Bush was then able to say, "See? We told you all along they were running
nuclear reactors that could be capable of enriching unranium! We've been
proven
right!" Politics, as usual.


Sorry, Chuck, but we're not going to sit by idly while you spew forth your
revisionist history. When Clinton eased economic sanctions in September
1999, a US-led group signed a $4.6 billion deal to build a couple of nuclear
power plants. By July of 2000, North Korea renewed its threat to restart
its nuclear program unless Washington compensated them for the loss of
electricity caused by delays in building the nuclear power plants.
Meanwhile, N. Korea had a second, clandestine nuclear weapons program under
way. Not only did the N. Koreans trick Clinton into allowing them to stall
for more time to develop their nuke program, they also got over $4 billion
from him to do it!