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Not a Nuke
By John
Just got an email from Mike Yon, who pointed me towards this post:
A very well-placed government source told me Tuesday afternoon that the North Korean explosion was non-nuclear. The explosion may have been an actual nuclear test — this is unknown — but the source reports the outcome was non-nuclear. The source stressed the importance of bearing in mind that though the explosion occured in North Korea — if it was actually a test and not merely a dictator clamoring for attention and influence — the test may have been by or for the Iranians. The source reported that American physicists with access to the information see no sign of nuclear activity, however. My source also mentioned that Japanese sensors picked up no radiation signatures.This further confirms some of what Bill Gertz reported in the Washington Times this morning.
Double good news. Another fizzle from the dictator of duds, and Mike Yon appears to be posting at The Corner now.
How on earth did the Norks get that much TNT into a mine shaft without us detecting it though? Was the explosion deliberately faked? Or did something go wrong? One thing is for certain, this line:
"The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent,"
...seems pretty appropriate.
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honestly Jay, I can't wait to find out what really happened. I'll probably let the eggheads in Japan and US do their thing before I comment any more on this, since I scoffed at the TNT idea.
It's time to wake up and smell the coffee.
If a country is threatening us, we dont have to provide it's food & heating oil.
Sounds cruel but picture germany 1941, can you imagine shipping oil and food to nazi germany for it's people while germany and it's people wanted to wipe us out?
It's time to fight heroic warfare with heroic warfare.
The innocent people of Lebanon? Bullshit, modern day "german - nazi supporters"
The innocent "Palestinians", modern day "german - nazi supporters"
Time to let darwin sort out some of this scum
NO MEDICINE, NO FOOD, NO WATER, NO TECHNOLOGY TO THE EVIL REGIMES & THIER PEOPLE
davis, you're exactly right. Until we quit seperating our concern for the people of our enemy states, and our enmity for the governments (usually dictators) of our enemy states, we will continue to dither around the edges. Not that I like this, but until we hate our enemies--all of them--peace will not be found. Peace comes out of victory, not out of cease-fires. We must be willing to be ruthlessly, brutally victorious if we want to win this thing.
davis, you're exactly right. Until we quit seperating our concern for the people of our enemy states from our enmity for the governments (usually dictators) of our enemy states, we will continue to dither around the edges. Not that I like this, but until we fully hate our enemies--all of them--peace will not be found. Peace comes out of victory, not out of cease-fires. We must be willing to be ruthlessly, brutally victorious if we want to eventually live in peace.
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A couple points: I don’t think this means it was necessarily a faked test. It just might have been a dud, and failed to go nuke.
But if it was fake, well, the US has been reporting “suspicious activity” at the site for months now. Figure 25 tons per truck load, or 50 tons per rail car, and its not hard to imagine getting .5-1k ton of TNT in there. Or ammonium nitrate even.
And if it was faked, who’s to say that we didn’t know that all along? Ambiguity could be a very good thing, politically speaking…