Pyongyang’s Right Decision
Written by Major Tom
Filed under: Global Politics, Current Events
June 27, 2008
June 26, 2008 should be marked as a historic date for world peace and North Korea’s move to destroy the cooling tower of it’s main nuclear reactor in Yongbon should be truly momentous and eventful and the world should have a good cause for celebration, a very good one in fact.
It should be remembered that just about a couple of years ago, North Korea had exhibited enormous malice by testing a massive underground nuclear explosion, parading to the world how capable it is in igniting widespread nuclear strike. North Korea’s penchant to sow fear among it’s nearest neighbor was so rampant and notorious in the past years, its act of rocketing devious Tae Po Dong intercontinental missiles over Japan and towards the Pacific every now and then was simply atrocious and malevolent.
But now, North Korea has suddenly made a 360 degree turnaround by declaring so patently its intention to absolutely abandon it’s nuclear ambition on Thursday. Immediately after that, U.S. President George W. Bush had ordered the taking out of North Korea from the list of “rogue” states and allowed the instantaneous withdrawal of economic and trade sanctions against it. All’s well that ends well. And it sounds so much like a good fairytale ending — and I don’t mind this at all. Every development in favor of world peace and against nuclear proliferation is most welcome of all.
I hope the North Koreans are truly sincere about this move. They have other problems to worry about and all are domestic. Most important of which is the malnutrition that’s taking place among millions of North Korean children. They need to allot a bigger portion of their meager financial resources to address that problem rather than spend precious money on pursuing the development of nuclear weapons.
Comment by Panaderos — June 29, 2008 @ 7:01 am
a day worth celebrating! i hope that everyone will have the same direction.
Comment by donG hO — June 29, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
To Panaderos: The famine could far worst now that this might have been the main casue for this very surprising move. It’s a welcome change for certain and I hope the difficulties within NK would be resolved soon, at least the hardest part of the famine.
Comment by Major Tom — June 29, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
To dong HO: It’s one momentous day and very historic for certain.
Comment by Major Tom — June 30, 2008 @ 9:39 am
Every time I hear about NK, I remember the malnourished children I saw - many of them blind because of malnutrition - in a good National Geographic documentary.
I hope this move is the start of a better NK.
P.S. I like your banner!0684
Comment by bugsybee — July 1, 2008 @ 10:02 am
Talk about abandoning nuclear ambition is like the talk on world peace in a beauty pageant. We love to hear it, we celebrate the wisdom behind it, we admire the person saying it, but we never question the motive behind the words, the context in which they were said, the story behind the story.
I’m not being skeptical. I just think that if a simple habit is hard to break, how will NK undo its time-honored ambition?
Comment by barrycade — July 1, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
I wouldn’t suspect North Korea’s epiphany is related to some form of supernatural enlightenment. I suspect that secret negotiations between the US
(and its allies) were ongoing which we weren’t privy to and concessions were made, perhaps financial in nature, that the North Koreans couldn’t refuse.
Frankly I didn’t believe that Bush’s muscle flexing and saber rattling made any effect on the kamikaze minded North Koreans. I knew Bush wouldn’t dare toss a hard fart at the NK’s. Heck these guys have real stuff, not the ones that Sadam Hussein fashioned off his backyard garden
I’m glad the North Koreans agreed to eliminate their nuclear hardware. It’s a huge step forward 
Comment by bw — July 2, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
To bugsybee: I saw that feature too and NK leaders couldn’t deny that anymore, despite the political prosthetics they had been exhibiting.
Thanks for liking the banner. It’s from the Citizen Kane movie, the best movie ever many say but one I’ve still not seen.
Comment by Major Tom — July 3, 2008 @ 2:20 am
To barrycade: Old habits die hard as they say and old dogs learns no tricks. I read that American officials have been constantly monitoring and have site access for more than a year now. Maybe the United Nation could also help in ensuring that nuclear activities in NK are clearly nil and the threat is completely eradicated.
Comment by Major Tom — July 3, 2008 @ 2:23 am
To BW: Negotiations have been ongoing for years now, especially the so called six party talks.
I wonder if this development in NK would spur the cause of Barack Obama as he had always been saying that diplomacy is his main tool in dealing with the so-called rogue states like NK and had been greatly criticized by John McCain for that. This NK retraction somehow supports Obama’s logic and wisdom.
Comment by Major Tom — July 3, 2008 @ 2:29 am
as you have said, all’s well that ends well.
Comment by myepinoy — July 5, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
tsk. tsk. it’s a good thing so far. but i wont be so comfortable about it, if they keep on changing minds, you’ll never know when it’s on again and off again.
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Comment by prinsesa musang — July 7, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
Darating na ang panahon na gagmitin na natin ang mga Gundam Robots sa pakikidigma upang maiwasan ang nuclear wars. LOL
Comment by Mon — July 9, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Good move by Korean people and hoping they will not change their disposition on this!
Comment by haze — July 18, 2008 @ 4:12 am