Barkley responds to my question about the US reneging on its promise to produce nuclear power plants in NK that don't produce weaponizable output:
... Regarding your first question, Clinton did foot drag, although
it can be argued whether or not it amounted to full blown reneging. What is clear is that the DPRK was "cheating" from Day One, not in response to whatever Clinton and others did or did not do. Most commentators in the US (and elsewhere) would say they were cheating, but technically they were not. They just pulled a fast one, promising not to follow one of the techs used to make the original A bombs by the US while proceeding to pursue the other. Was the US (and allies) stupid not to be more explicit when they cut the deal? I would say so. < -- Jim Devine / "You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way." -- Will Rogers
