The Roman Helmet Strikes Again!

Roman Helmet's Nuclear Proliferation Policy Rears Its Ugly Face Again

North Korea declared on Thursday for the first time it possessed nuclear weapons and pulled out indefinitely from six-party talks on its atomic ambitions, saying it needed a defense against a hostile United States. . . . The statement also poses a challenge to Bush, who has long backed a diplomatic solution to the crisis but now faces two nations he once named as part of an "axis of evil" being openly defiant about their nuclear programs -- North Korea and Iran. He went to war with the third axis nation, Iraq.

Why did this happen? As recently as 2000 we were having amicable talks with them and they had halted nuclear weapons production and had allowed Western inspectors into their nuclear power plants. Why are we now dealing with another enemy with nuclear weapons?

"The Bush administration termed the DPRK, its dialogue partner, an outpost of tyranny," the ministry said, adding that the U.S. aim was to stifle the North and achieve regime change.

Is there something I don't get? Is it really possible to 'spread freedom' by insulting people? Is this how diplomacy works?

Earlier this week, U.S. officials said an envoy sent by Bush to China had delivered a message to China's leaders about information suggesting that Libya had obtained uranium hexafluoride from North Korea and made the case that this underscored the need to restart six-party talks.

Now we have another country with nuclear weapons potential. Happy Day! This war on terror is sure going well!