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North Korean Space Rocket
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Those silly North Koreans are at it again. As per usual, the north is rattling its rhetoric sword on the heels of the annual RSO&I exercises in South Korea. This time, their stated intention to launch a space rocket is being met with the expected skepticism from the rest of the world. First of all, North Korea has demonstrated absolute ineptitude at firing long range missiles before so the ability to conduct a space launch is next to impossible. Secondly, the timing is such that as the scheduled nuclear summit is to take place in Seoul, the DPRK is more or less conducting a ballistic missile test in violation of previous agreements with the United States for aid. President Obama remarked, “There will be no rewards for provocations. Those days are over …. To the leaders of Pyongyang I say, this is the choice before you. This is the decision that you must make. Today we say, Pyongyang, have the courage to pursue peace and give a better life to the people of North Korea.”
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We already gave up the moral high ground on this. by Occams
We had an agreement with the DPRK for giving food aid in return for no nuclear program or missile tests. Nevertheless, it launched and broke that agreement so we stopped the aid and let them starve.
So now we can only wave a carrot and spout indignation.
The CRS report to Congress shows:
Since 1995, the United States has provided North Korea with over $1.2 billion in assistance, of which about 60% has paid for food aid and about 40% for energy assistance. As of early February 2011, the United States is not providing any aid to North Korea, except for a small medical assistance program. The Obama Administration, along with the South Korean Government, have said that they would be willing to provide large-scale development aid if North Korea takes steps to irreversibly dismantle its nuclear program.
The DPRK must feel a very strong need for these programs if it is prepared to allow its people to starve starve for them. I think our diplomacy should focus on addressing that false insecurity. It is worth letting those commie bastards feel more secure in order to make the world actually more secure. If we are not prepared to nuke them, then we should leave them alone. Our half-assed belligerance and gunboat diplomacy only confirms their paranoia, increases tension and hence risk.