Doug Miller wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

GregP wrote:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:17:36 -0800, Larry Blanchard
wrote:


5. North Korea has no oil. They don't even have a pot to ****
in.


Yeah, but they have a real army that will fight back effectively,
and no Republican president is going to invade a country
that can do so.

More to the point, they have real atom bombs.

Do they? They *claim* they do, but, while we believe they're probably
telling
the truth, AFAIK they haven't yet conducted any tests that would
prove it.



AFAIK no nation that has developed atomic bombs has failed to detonate
one on their first attempt. The rapid assembly design is particularly
reliable.

The evidence available from off-shore monitoring has made it clear
that North Korea has the materials needed. Obtaining the materials
is the only technologically daughnting aspect of the process.

IOW, it was quite clear that North Korea had atomic bombs BEFORE
they admitted to it. Only someone who was not paying attention
to the issue would doubt that.

--

FF