"There are varying estimates on how long it would take them to reprocess the spent fuel, but they probably have plans to do it a lot faster than outsiders imagine � and will do so if their equipment works," said an American official who has studied North Korea's nuclear programs for years.
"Here are a few of the ugly signposts we might whiz past: asking the inspectors to leave, starting up the reprocessing line, finalizing their withdrawal from the Nonproliferation Treaty and declaring themselves a nuclear power with a `Korean bomb' intended to protect the whole of the Korean people by keeping the Americans from starting a war."
Reflecting the sharp increase in distrust between the United States and South Korea amid a series of major demonstrations against the presence of 37,000 American troops in the country, the official added, "This will cause some secret shivers of pride amongst some in the South."
{it would sound as though the demonstrations were just more of that anti-military idealism that infected so many children in the 'sixties'. except that the demonstrations were sparked by the deaths of two 13 year-old girls, under an armored personnel carrier driven by two US soldiers who were then acquitted. acquitted of a crime they committed. this is a direct quote from an Associated Press article about those demonstrations:Near the U.S. Embassy several blocks away, 50 female activists, dressed in white traditional Korean funeral clothes, sang anti-U.S. songs. A sorcerer danced and performed a ritual for the dead girls.somehow I don't think the Korean word, for the person dancing and performing the funeral rites for those girls, is 'sorceror'. and see the way it's introduced right after the anti-US songs. propaganda for dummies. probably written by a follower of the erstwhile Rev. Moon. this is what happens when delusional people take over an already existing system they don't completely understand. they do really obvious blunders. but what it all really comes down to, sadly enough, is the willingness of these delusional people to sacrifice everyone rather than face the stark truth of their mistakes. their mistakenness. as though God will love them just as much if they blow up everything, as if they don't. because their little hearts are in the right place. and that's what matters. that's all that matters. to them.}
