Maybe now, more will read the 1999 Report on North Korea to the US House of Representatives.....I've been more than a little concerned about the lack of attention any media has paid to this 2 YEAR OLD report.... The Clinton Administration paid no attention to it it appears....but it appears as if the Bush Administration has been considering the ramifications most carefully.
Message 14580305
To:American Spirit who wrote (2409)
From: KLP Saturday, Oct 14, 2000 1:37 AM
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You may want to read the report to the US House Nov 1999 re North Korea.....
This is just a piece of it...
KLP
North Korea Advisory Group
Report to
The Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
November 1999
house.gov
Do the North Korean weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs pose a greater threat to U.S. security than five years ago?
North Korea's WMD programs pose a major threat to the United States and its allies. This threat has advanced considerably over the past five years, particularly with the enhancement of North Korea's missile capabilities. There is significant evidence that undeclared nuclear weapons development activity continues, including efforts to acquire uranium enrichment technologies and recent nuclear-related high explosive tests. This means that the United States cannot discount the possibility that North Korea could produce additional nuclear weapons outside of the constraints imposed by the 1994 Agreed Framework.
In the last five years, North Korea's missile capabilities have improved dramatically. North Korea has produced, deployed and exported missiles to Iran and Pakistan, launched a three-stage missile (Taepo Dong 1), and continues to develop a larger and more powerful missile (Taepo Dong 2). Unlike five years ago, North Korea can now strike the United States with a missile that could deliver high explosive, chemical, biological, or possibly nuclear weapons. Currently, the United States is unable to defend against this threat.
The progress that North Korea has made over the past five years in improving its missile capabilities, its record as a major proliferator of ballistic missiles and missile technology, combined with its development activities on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, ranks North Korea with Russia and China as one of the greatest missile proliferation threats in the world.
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You mentioned:
The next huge boodoggle if Bush gets elected will be Reagan's dream Star Wars. A total unnecessary 400 billion list price (expect huge overruns) system which doesn't work yet and has never worked and may never work and will also during our ABM treaties on their ears and piss off every other country in the world. To defend us again whom? North Korea? The poorest nation in Asia? That's who Bush says it's for. "Rogue nations like North Koran and Iraq" (whose dictator his father left in power over the protests of Senator Lieberman and many others).
Clinton is now planning a mind-blowing trip to North Korea. So much for the need for Star Wars but Bush will try to fund it anyway. Who gains? Not the tax-payers. Not the US military. That's money taken away from conventional military systems. That's also enough to take care of every poor or sick person in America plus a lot more.
Message 14583626
Posted Oct 15, 2000 earlier
To:American Spirit who wrote (2560)
From: KLP Sunday, Oct 15, 2000 2:07 AM
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IV. Does U.S. assistance sustain the North Korean government?
The United States has replaced the Soviet Union as a primary benefactor of North Korea. The United States now feeds more than one-third of all North Koreans, and the U.S.-supported KEDO program supplies almost half of its HFO needs. This aid frees other resources for North Korea to divert to its WMD and conventional military programs.
U.S. aid to North Korea has grown from zero to more than $270 million annually, totaling $645 million over the last five years. Based on current trends, that total will likely exceed $1 billion next year. During that same time, North Korea developed missiles capable of striking the United States and became a major drug trafficking and currency counterfeiting nation.
If you believe you are right, AS, probably you should go to DC and make an appointment to see this committee. Remember, the report was for 1999 and for the past, as well as the future five years.
Do you have sources for your "thoughts"....I'm sure we would be interested in them, and I'm sure the House of Representatives would also. The 203 listed footnotes looked fairly substantial to me. Of course, this did not include the Classified reports.
Message 14584956
Posted October 15, 2000
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