This is a piece from Voice of America. My commentary follows.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says it is now unlikely to send a delegation to North Korea, after Pyongyang stated it is no longer bound by an agreement with the United States not to test missiles and nuclear devices.
Spokeswoman Gill Tudor made the announcement late Tuesday, ending hopes for the visit for which IAEA officials began negotiating with North Korea in March.
Earlier in the day, Pyongyang said it was breaking off a bilateral agreement to halt its nuclear activities and allow IAEA inspectors to enter the country after the U.S. suspended much needed food aid. Washington said North Korea did not keep its end of the bargain when it carried out its failed missile launch on Friday.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry vowed to continue trying to fire a long-range rocket into space to place what it said was a weather satellite into orbit. It also vowed unspecified retaliation now that the agreement with the U.S. is no longer in place.
State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said Tuesday that Pyongyang's statement was "not surprising, given their recent behavior." He said he could not predict whether North Korea is laying the ground work for a future nuclear test, as some fear.
"Frankly, it's very difficult to say. It's a very opaque regime. We parse out their public comments," said Toner. "We also know that in the past, there's been this pattern of bad behavior. So we can't preclude anything at this point."
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Then why in the hell do we keep sending money and feeding them?
http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron
http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron
Apparently we sent them a Lincoln hearse stuffed with so many American taxpayer dollars they had to put the old man on the roof.
How many times does North Korea have to dump on us before we get the drift? Same goes for Iran. Why do we fool ourselves by engaging in a senseless dialogue with North Korea when we know they have lied to us time and time again?
Just the other day Food Network did a segment called Hunger Hits Home highlighting childhood hunger in America. Some of these kids had not eaten in 3 days, yet here we are again attempting to send food to these lying bastards. If the North Korean government cared about their own people starving to death why are they investing in Nukes and so called satellite launchings? Couldn't that money be put to better use?
This is not strictly an Obama screw up.
It has been going on through every administration for the past 25 years. They play us for suckers through bribery. It goes like this. They tell us they're going to build a nuclear bomb unless the good ole' US of A sends them cash or food. Obediently, we have done both profusely over the years. What was the end result? They ate the food and used the money to buy the necessary components and the expertise of A. Q. Kahn to build a nuclear bomb, compliments of the American taxpayer.
It has been going on through every administration for the past 25 years. They play us for suckers through bribery. It goes like this. They tell us they're going to build a nuclear bomb unless the good ole' US of A sends them cash or food. Obediently, we have done both profusely over the years. What was the end result? They ate the food and used the money to buy the necessary components and the expertise of A. Q. Kahn to build a nuclear bomb, compliments of the American taxpayer.
The scene 6 months from now.
