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To: Alighieri who wrote (173318)	8/6/2003 5:19:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574377

What I have read about this is that we failed to live up to the agreement to deliver the light water reactor for their needs. state.gov The $hit hit the fan after bush's aggressive stance against iraq, iran and NK. Up until then, the reactor was shut down and the UN had inspectors in the country. North Korea was working on nuclear bombs before the state of the union address and in any case the state of the union address doesn't absolve them of responsibility even if it did actually trigger the resumption of the program. In any case it did not, the program was active even before Bush became president. The particular reactor you are referring to was not the only source of nuclear material, also NK had material for bombs from that reactor before it was shut down. Its estimated that North Korea had enough plutonium for a couple of bombs from the reactor, but they where also enriching uranium which doesn't require a reactor. With the reactor active they can produce more nuclear material and build more bombs then they could without it but either way they can build bombs and they were working on doing so. Tim

To: Alighieri who wrote (173318)	8/8/2003 7:43:21 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574377

What I have read about this is that we failed to live up to the agreement to deliver the light water reactor for their needs. It has not been explained well in the press who was at fault to deliver what. The reason its not explained well is because Clinton reneged on the deal, or rather he never came through, claiming that NK was in default on the original agreement. By his behavior, thought, its clear that if NK had been full compliance, Clinton still would not have come through with the reactor. ted