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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (113520)	8/31/2003 8:53:59 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Noel. You said...." The UN managed to get rid of Iraq's WMDs "..... I didn't know that, I must be slaking off on my news reading. Could you please provide a link to this ...new to me.....information.?

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (113520)	8/31/2003 9:14:43 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

<<No one trusts the North Koreans and the North Koreans don't trust the US. So my question is how does one reach a solution to the problem of North Korean WMDs?>>> In the present war on terror, the need for which becomes more obvious with each new attack on innocent parties, we should not be diverted by prolonged discussions with someone like Kim Jong il. He should be made aware of his wrong thinking, the world would be able to withstand one or two nuclear strikes but never ten. The UN has not yet been able to commit to a final "action" , but it is still the biggest hope for peace that they learn to do that. What can the UN impose short of threatening "serious consequences"? A complete blockade of trade with N. Korea, Nothing moves in or out- no food, no water, no trucks, no aircraft. Enforced by a coalition of UN and the willing, with aircraft and ship patrols provided jointly by the participants with Nato forces backing them. No electronic money exchange. Frozen foreign assets and contract cancellations. Or maybe its just best to wait until he has ten nukes, and three hidden nuke factories? And if he is still talking war, we lose ten cities and a few Japanese Islands, but South Korea becomes peninsula with a radioactive sea to the North. Sig@toughtalk.com