N. Korea wants Japan out of nuke talks

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

N. Korea wants Japan out of nuke talks

SEOUL (AP) — North Korea lashed out at Japanese officials as "political imbeciles" on Saturday for saying they will not accept the communist nation as a nuclear power, and said Tokyo should not take part in revived talks on the North's atomic program.
The North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "there is no need for Japan to participate in (the talks) as a local delegate because it is no more than a state of the U.S. and it is enough for Tokyo just to be informed of the results of the talks by Washington."

Japan is a common target for the North's hostile rhetoric, stemming from Tokyo's imperial occupation of the Korean peninsula in the early 20th century. The North has called before for Japan to be excluded from the talks.

The North agreed this week to return to the arms negotiations — which also include China, Russia, the U.S. and South Korea — in the first easing of tension after its Oct. 9 nuclear test. The talks had been on hold since November 2005, with Pyongyang refusing to attend because of a U.S. campaign to cut off its access to the international financial system for alleged illegal activity.

On Saturday, the North said the international community had hailed the agreement on the renewed talks "while highly praising the (North's) invariable stand and sincere efforts for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."

"But it is only Japan that expressed its wicked intention," the ministry said, referring to comments that Tokyo won't accept a nuclear North Korea. "The Japanese authorities have thus clearly proved themselves that they are political imbeciles incapable of judging the trend of the situation and their deplorable position."

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

I say we should wipe NK off of the earth beofre they get enough atomics to destroy SK. Sure it will be large numbers of dead civilians ubt much less than a nuked out Japan.

[Michael Z]

SEOUL (AP) — North Korea lashed out at Japanese officials as "political imbeciles"

Well, they certainly don't mince their words, do they. Anyway, this is one of the few things where I would agree with even the most rabid right-winger. At the very least we shouldn't give NK any bargaining power in these negotiations; but the way they act, you'd think they were the only regime with a nuclear arsenal. Mind you, they're probably the only ones mad enough to actually use them. Until Iran gets its nuclear arsenal, that is. Dark days ahead, my friends.

[Silent Hunter]

No. Considering Japan is in range of their shorter-range missiles, they should be in the talks.

[John Dibble]

No. Considering Japan is in range of their shorter-range missiles, they should be in the talks.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

No. Considering Japan is in range of their shorter-range missiles, they should be in the talks.