Monday, November 08, 2004

I love those who are on the left side of the street going around accusing President Bush of being a warmonger.... Now United Press International reports that declassified documents show that President Clinton was ready to drop nuclear weapons on North Korea if they made an incursion into South Korea. This is the same president, who, according to Newsweek magazine, was urging Sen. Kerry to openly go out and back the anti-gay marriage initiatives decided by several states last week.

Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Newly declassified documents revealed the United States planned as recently as 1998 to drop nuclear bombs on North Korea if the country attacked South Korea. As part of "scenario 5027," 24 F15-E bombers flew simulation missions at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina to drop mock nuclear bombs on a firing range between January and June 1998, the Korea Times reported Sunday. The revelation followed claims by a South Korean lawmaker that the U.S. drew up plans to launch preemptive strikes on key targets in North Korea in 1994.

The report also came amid concerns that President George Bush will take a tougher stance with North Korea during his second term.

The declassified documents also said the U.S. had kept nuclear weaponry in South Korea until at least 1998, despite officially claiming it had withdrawn all nuclear warheads in 1991.

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