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September 19, 2005
drsteph: Southamerica, your suggestion that Japan would get its own nuclear weapons is really doubtful. The only rationale would be fear of invasion in an aging population unable to defend themselves. But with the USA a defacto fixture in the country, why would they need their own bombs? They would rather just hide behind Uncle Sam and use his bombs instead. The proposition is pretty flaky, and if Japan were going to do it, they would do so openly, and the public outcry would be considerable. And Japan just participated in the nuclear proliferation security initiative.
You need to do some more reading. That's not the first time I have told you that.
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SouthAmerica: On May 30, 2003 Brazzil magazine published my article about North Korea and Nuclear Weapons, and someone immediately wrote comments about the article in the forum section of Brazzil magazine: from May 2003 to December 2003 that particular subject generated a lot of replies from readers of that magazine and the discussion included people in the United States, Brazil, and also people from Asian countries. That tread became very popular during that time.
You can find the original article that started the discussion regarding North Koreaâs Nuclear Weapons program at the following website:
June 2003 â article: âBrazil, North Korea and Food for Nukesâ
http://www.brazzil.com/p104jun03.htm
The article was also published on other web locations including:
http://northkorea-nuclearweapons.blogspot.com
I also wrote two other articles on the subject of Nuclear Weapons that generated a lot of letters to the editor and emails. Some US army general from the Pentagon even wrote an article published on Brazzil magazine in June 2002 because of my original article about the consequences of Brazil developing nuclear weapons. You can read the other two articles as follows:
February 2003 â article: âWe Need the Bomb - Part ll â
http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2186/27/
May 2002 â article: âWhy Brazil Must Have the A-Bombâ
http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2575/38/
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SouthAmerica: In October of 2003 I posted the following in the Brazzil magazine message board as part of the discussions that we had on that board.
On October 22, 2003, The New York Times reported: âThe official North Korea news agency published a commentary on Tuesday calling âlaughableâ an American offer to provide guarantees of multilateral security in exchange for the Northâs ending its nuclear weapons program.
President Bush said this week that he was willing to consider giving North Korea regional security guarantees, but not the bilateral non-aggression pact that it has sought.â
The US canât sign a bilateral treaty with North Korea for two reasons:
1) The US doesnât honor international treaties anymore, and has a policy of pre-emptive strikes.
2) As soon as it is confirmed that North Korea had given up its nuclear weapons, the US would invade that country to change the regime.
To answer the question of guarantees from China to defend North Korea in case of a United States invasion - you can ask the Serbs if Russia came to defend them against a similar United States invasion? â The Serbs still waiting for the Russians to show up.
Why the US has not invaded North Korea as yet?
Maybe, it is because the North Koreans have various nuclear weapons at their disposal. But, the US government, with the help of the US media still is in the process of demonizing North Koreaâs government leader.
With the new policy of pre-emptive strike anything is possible today, even a war against a country armed with nukes. (There is very little common sense in Washington these days. Seems to me that common sense left Washington when Bill Clinton and his administration left town in January of 2001.)
From the remaining two âaxis of evilâ countries, North Korea has a major advantage over Iran, since North Korea doesnât have oil, but Iran is another story.
North Korea will be very stupid to give up its nukes. If they are foolish enough to negotiate away its nukes, then that is the end of their sovereignty.
âGood bye Nukes, Good bye Sovereignty.â
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Now, going back to Japan and its current nuclear weapons program:
Japan is the only country in the world that was the recipient of not only one, but two atomic bombs - Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
If there is any country in the world that realizes that they need nuclear weapons to be able to defend themselves that country is Japan.
Japan has the technology, the know how and lots of money.
The Japanese knows that China will be the next world power â and the Chinese people have not forgotten how nasty Japan was to China in the past.
The US will not use nuclear weapons against China to defend Japan in the future â in the same way that the Russians did not came to help the Serbs when the United States destroyed their country in the 1990âs.
When it comes to nuclear weapons you can count only with yourself (your country, your people) and nobody else â the rest it is only âFairy Talesâ.
PS: I guess the skyrocketing price of oil pushed North Koreaâs economy over the edge â and âThe Boogiemanâ that was going to get the American people turned out to be just a country in severe poverty and starvation.
Ricardo C. Amaral
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September 19, 2005
drsteph: Southamerica, your suggestion that Japan would get its own nuclear weapons is really doubtful. The only rationale would be fear of invasion in an aging population unable to defend themselves. But with the USA a defacto fixture in the country, why would they need their own bombs? They would rather just hide behind Uncle Sam and use his bombs instead. The proposition is pretty flaky, and if Japan were going to do it, they would do so openly, and the public outcry would be considerable. And Japan just participated in the nuclear proliferation security initiative.
You need to do some more reading. That's not the first time I have told you that.
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SouthAmerica: On May 30, 2003 Brazzil magazine published my article about North Korea and Nuclear Weapons, and someone immediately wrote comments about the article in the forum section of Brazzil magazine: from May 2003 to December 2003 that particular subject generated a lot of replies from readers of that magazine and the discussion included people in the United States, Brazil, and also people from Asian countries. That tread became very popular during that time.
You can find the original article that started the discussion regarding North Koreaâs Nuclear Weapons program at the following website:
June 2003 â article: âBrazil, North Korea and Food for Nukesâ
http://www.brazzil.com/p104jun03.htm
The article was also published on other web locations including:
http://northkorea-nuclearweapons.blogspot.com
I also wrote two other articles on the subject of Nuclear Weapons that generated a lot of letters to the editor and emails. Some US army general from the Pentagon even wrote an article published on Brazzil magazine in June 2002 because of my original article about the consequences of Brazil developing nuclear weapons. You can read the other two articles as follows:
February 2003 â article: âWe Need the Bomb - Part ll â
http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2186/27/
May 2002 â article: âWhy Brazil Must Have the A-Bombâ
http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2575/38/
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SouthAmerica: In October of 2003 I posted the following in the Brazzil magazine message board as part of the discussions that we had on that board.
On October 22, 2003, The New York Times reported: âThe official North Korea news agency published a commentary on Tuesday calling âlaughableâ an American offer to provide guarantees of multilateral security in exchange for the Northâs ending its nuclear weapons program.
President Bush said this week that he was willing to consider giving North Korea regional security guarantees, but not the bilateral non-aggression pact that it has sought.â
The US canât sign a bilateral treaty with North Korea for two reasons:
1) The US doesnât honor international treaties anymore, and has a policy of pre-emptive strikes.
2) As soon as it is confirmed that North Korea had given up its nuclear weapons, the US would invade that country to change the regime.
To answer the question of guarantees from China to defend North Korea in case of a United States invasion - you can ask the Serbs if Russia came to defend them against a similar United States invasion? â The Serbs still waiting for the Russians to show up.
Why the US has not invaded North Korea as yet?
Maybe, it is because the North Koreans have various nuclear weapons at their disposal. But, the US government, with the help of the US media still is in the process of demonizing North Koreaâs government leader.
With the new policy of pre-emptive strike anything is possible today, even a war against a country armed with nukes. (There is very little common sense in Washington these days. Seems to me that common sense left Washington when Bill Clinton and his administration left town in January of 2001.)
From the remaining two âaxis of evilâ countries, North Korea has a major advantage over Iran, since North Korea doesnât have oil, but Iran is another story.
North Korea will be very stupid to give up its nukes. If they are foolish enough to negotiate away its nukes, then that is the end of their sovereignty.
âGood bye Nukes, Good bye Sovereignty.â
*********
Now, going back to Japan and its current nuclear weapons program:
Japan is the only country in the world that was the recipient of not only one, but two atomic bombs - Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
If there is any country in the world that realizes that they need nuclear weapons to be able to defend themselves that country is Japan.
Japan has the technology, the know how and lots of money.
The Japanese knows that China will be the next world power â and the Chinese people have not forgotten how nasty Japan was to China in the past.
The US will not use nuclear weapons against China to defend Japan in the future â in the same way that the Russians did not came to help the Serbs when the United States destroyed their country in the 1990âs.
When it comes to nuclear weapons you can count only with yourself (your country, your people) and nobody else â the rest it is only âFairy Talesâ.
PS: I guess the skyrocketing price of oil pushed North Koreaâs economy over the edge â and âThe Boogiemanâ that was going to get the American people turned out to be just a country in severe poverty and starvation.
Ricardo C. Amaral
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