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To: willcousa who wrote (367925)	3/7/2003 2:09:44 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

North Korea is blackmailing the US and Bush is just accepting it.

To: willcousa who wrote (367925)	3/7/2003 2:18:55 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

A). US Intelligence didn't discover evidence of NK's uranium enrichment program until last spring - so says the White House. (You'll note that's after Bush's accession to office). B). CIA estimates say NK has yet to concentrate any bomb-grade uranium. (The enrichment facilities aren't even built yet). Adequate uranium for a single bomb is still several years away at the earliest. C). However - According to the CIA again - by reprocessing the spent fuel rods from their reactor they will be able to extract enough plutonium for perhaps 6 or more nuclear weapons this year alone , with ability for many more to follow. That is the 'crisis'. If you think NK going nuclear isn't a huge threat... then you are crazy.