North Korea: Big Mistake.

Well, as far as busted bluffs go, this one will keep us going for a while.

The DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) has decided to force the hands of even allies and supporters.

I can spend all day telling you what my spin is on the issue, but I decided to preserve that for your judgement.

I have a week and a half's worth of Articles on the DPRK (North Korea's official title, btw) nuclear weapons test, and I promise, as many as I have, this is not nearly half of them:

Note: In the beginning it was going to be a shorter list so that I could read them again at home, or later, but I ended up providing short descriptions. I left them on there for reference, but I take notes in the shortest hand to where it is only a trigger to my memory usually, anyways:

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/10/12/497219.html



http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061012/OPINION01/610120366/1035/OPINION



http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK89925.htm



http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/world/asia/13koreacnd.html?hp&ex=1160712000&en=0920b65f4a0cc702&ei=5094&partner=homepage





Bastards:

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200610/kt2006101217510111990.htm



http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15236787/





Part 1:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20061012TDY02007.htm

Part 2:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20061013TDY02006.htm





http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20061012/cm_rcp/no_partial_credit





Sanctions:

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200610/200610130033.html



Nuclear Blackmail:



http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200610/kt2006101318475754040.htm



Delay of game:

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.349463672&par=



No radiation?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/nkorea.test.sample/index.html?section=cnn_topstories



Opinion:

http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061013-114851-5232r



Lame cause?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1922182,00.html



Arms Race?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/cnna.kristensen/



Effective sanctions?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/world/asia/16korea.html?hp&ex=1160971200&en=14bae32d5f71c3be&ei=5094&partner=homepage



Less than a Kiloton:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6056370.stm



Second test and sanction response:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tension-rises-amid-talk-of-second-nuclear-test/2006/10/17/1160850933291.html



NK defiant:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&symbol=&storyID=2006-10-17T141636Z_01_N14268552_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH.xml&WTmodLoc=InvArt-C2-NextArticle-1



Japan’s response:

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_4509319



Opinion – bias ?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=KIM20061017&articleId=3520



http://www.sundayherald.com/58397

http://www.dispatch.co.za/2006/10/12/Foreign/abnuke.html


sanction support:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,220439,00.html

New testing?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6152139,00.html

China compliance?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/16/world/main2095464.shtml