Promoted by Steven D, with added excerpt from BBC story linked at No Right Turn.
From No Right Turn – New Zealand’s liberal blog:
Great. Just when America is gearing up to bomb Iran, North Korea pops up and announces its intention to conduct a nuclear test.
Well, that’s a clear policy success for the Bush Administration’s strategy of refusing to negotiate under any circumstances, isn’t it?
Steven D: Excerpt from the BBC report about this story:
North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test “in the future”, the foreign ministry has said in a statement.
The move would bolster the country’s self-defence in the face of US military hostility, official agency KCNA said. […]
Six-nation talks on its programme have been stalled for nearly a year, and the US has imposed financial sanctions on North Korean businesses. […]
The latest announcement is likely to cause alarm in the region.
A successful nuclear test would put pressure on Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear capabilities.
