Sunday, July 16, 2006

North Korea Thumbs Nose At UN



The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests. It also demanded that North korea suspend its ballistic missile program.

North Korea's U.N. Ambassador, Pak Gil Yon, accused the council of "unjustifiable and gangster-like" action aimed at isolating his country. He's obviously confusing the council with North Korea's dear weiner Ding Dong Jong-il, a gangster who has isolated the country.

Pak stressed that the North has a legal right to test missiles and said it would be "foolish" to give advance warning because the United States and the DPRK are still technically at war and the U.S. has threatened to intercept North Korean missiles "with the collusion of Japan."

Pak warned that North Korea will "take stronger physical actions of other forms should any other country ... take issue with the exercises and put pressure."

He immediately left the council chamber at the end of his speech in a move considered a breach of diplomatic protocol. What do the North Korean's care about protocol?

Ok, let's see what happens now. My bet is more impotent UN posturing and resolutions.

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