Tag: "North Korea"
Meanwhile, in the Rest of the World…
While we’re up here bickering over the election, the tyrants around the world are still perfecting their repugnant craft. Hugo Chavez, Hollywood’s second-favorite tyrant, has expelled Human Rights Watch from Venezuela. He claims they’re in cahoots with President Bush to overthrow him. Strangely enough, he’s half right. Though HRW and the President aren’t working together, [...]
Bolton Speaks on North Korea. His Moustacheness is Not Pleased.
John Bolton and his moustache effrayant have weighed in on our deal with the North Koreans and is quite disappointed. And when I say disappointed, I mean in the way that Darth Vader was disappointed with Admiral Ozzel. I don’t entirely agree with Ambassador Bolton. He makes several good points and I don’t dismiss any [...]
De-Nuking North Korea? Yep, Looks Like We Won Another One.
This is not merely an encouraging sign, but represents a huge, hard-won victory for the Bush administration (and, well, all of us!). North Korea has turned over a declaration of its nuclear activity to China, one of the parties in the six-nation talks that have been going on for the past few years, and have [...]
Syria Could Have Had A Couple Nukes, Thanks to North Korea
CIA Director Hayden let out a little more information about that nuclear reactor that Israel bombed in Syria. His agency estimated that it could have produced enough nuclear material for as many as two weapons within a year after it became fully operational. He also told reporters that the CIA didn’t tell the IAEA about [...]
More on the Syrian Nuclear Reactor. Now with Video Evidence!
It seems that the CIA really does have the goods on the North Korean/Syrian nuclear partnership. There is apparently a videotape Congress will get to see that shows North Korean officials milling about the Syrian reactor and some details of the reactor and surrounding building. The kicker? It is nearly identical to the one in [...]
Dropping the Dime on the Assad/Kim Nuclear Lovefest
Well, well, well…lookie who’s been getting all snuggly: Baby Assad and Kim Jong-Il. For those of you keeping score, that’s one leg of the Axis of Evil giving a serious hookup to a country that is practically a satellite state of another leg of the AoE. WASHINGTON — CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday [...]
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