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Bush lambastes Kim Jong-il as ¡®dangerous'
April 30, 2005 ¤Ñ At a White House press briefing, U.S. President George
W. Bush renewed his administration's verbal assaults on North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il, denouncing him as "a dangerous person" and "a tyrant."
Mr. Bush also raised concerns about North Korea's ability to deliver
nuclear weapons, adding that the U.S.-led missile defense system is being
designed precisely to counter such capabilities.
"Kim Jong-il is a dangerous person," Mr. Bush told the reporters. "He's a
man who starves his people. He's got huge concentration camps."
In recent months, Pyongyang has demanded that Washington end its
hostility toward North Korea.
While emphasizing that ending the nuclear crisis through the six-nation
talks is the best option, Mr. Bush did not rule out others, including referring
the issue to the UN Security Council, or even military action.
Asked how long Washington will pursue the stalled talks on Pyongyang's
nuclear program, Mr. Bush said the decision depends on achieving a consensus
with Beijing, Seoul, Moscow and Tokyo.
"Condi [U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice], the other day, laid
out a potential option of going to the United Nations Security Council," he
said. "Obviously, that's going to require the parties agreeing. After all, some
of the parties in the process have got the capacity to veto a UN Security
Council resolution."
Mr. Bush said the United States did not feel constrained in dealing with
North Korea, though a significant portion of U.S. military power is
concentrated in Iraq.
Mr. Bush raised issues on the North's capacity to deliver a nuclear
weapon. "We don't know if he can or not, but I think it's best when you're
dealing with a tyrant like Kim Jong-il to assume he can," Mr. Bush said. One
reason for his administration's efforts to set up a missile defense system, he
said, is that "perhaps Kim Jong-il has got the capacity to launch a weapon and
wouldn't it be nice to be able to shoot it down."
Mr. Bush's statement followed testimony by Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby,
the Defense Intelligence Agency chief, who told a Senate panel Thursday that
North Korea is capable of arming missiles with nuclear warheads.
Concerned that Mr. Bush's criticism might upset Pyongyang, Seoul
officials sought to calm the situation. "Mr. Bush repeatedly stressed that a
diplomatic resolution through the six-party talks is best," said Song Min-soon,
South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks.
A Foreign Ministry official played down U.S. worries about North Korea's
missile threat. "Concerns about North Korea's missile capacity have been raised
for a long time," he said, adding that policymakers take into account the
possibility of the most advanced capabilities in their assessments.
by Ser Myo-ja, Brian Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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