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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Is it your belief that the two light-water reactors that we were to help them build according to the 1994 were in fact (a) built, and (b) helped North Korea build nuclear weapons? Apart from these two plants, how else did we help them build the bomb, if at all?
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It looks like they bought technology from Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan. Where do you think they got the resources to pay him for the technology? Prior to our treaty they had practically no hard currency, and any hard currency they did have they had to spend on oil otherwise the entire country would shut down. We sent them oil and hard currency.
There is no question that the Clinton administration screwed up. The question is how much.
There is no question they signed a treaty, gave a bunch of stuff to North Korea, and gave the stuff before we had any verification that they were complying with their end of the treaty. In the end they did not comply at all.
So the Clinton administration screwed up. They thought we could trust the "Dear Leader" and they were totally wrong.
The only issue is how badly they screwed up. How can anyone dispute that?
