North Korea restarts nuclear reactor and threatens to attack south

[babsbunny]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/27/north-korea-threat-attack-south

Seoul's participation in US-led ship searches 'equal to declaration of war'

* Justin McCurry in Tokyo
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 27 May 2009 10.08 BST

The North Korea nuclear crisis deepened today after the regime reportedly restarted its main nuclear reactor and threatened to attack South Korea if it joined US-led inspections of vessels suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction.

In its most belligerent broadside yet in the standoff, North Korea warned that it would view as a declaration of war any participation by Seoul in the naval exercise, known as the Proliferation Security Initiative.

The state-controlled Korean Central News Agency quoted a North Korean army spokesman as saying: "Any hostile act against our peaceful vessels including search and seizure will be considered an unpardonable infringement on our sovereignty and we will immediately respond with a powerful military strike."

[Duer 157099]

1. WTF? Does this even make any sense at all?

(not that I really expect it to)

Talk about demonstrating what a BULLY you are! They threaten South Korea over something that the US is leading, the inspections?

LOL, I mean, WTF?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

2. Like the Chinese would tolerate this for a minute.

Kim Jong Il would be dead before he hit the floor. The Chinese have a huge trading relationship with the South and they ain't gonna let this crazy pissant screw that up. The North would be lucky to get off without being invaded. By the Chinese.

[IDFbunny]

3. NKorea is tolerated because it is a useful buffer

between US and China. Would SKorea and by extension the US want to share a border with China. That is the nutroll.