In Reply to: North Korea wants 1 million tons of fuel oil before dismantling reactor posted by LWR on February 11, 2007 at 13:11:35:
One million tonnes per year is 20,000 barrels per day - approximately 0.14% of what the US imports, and only 0.1% of what the US uses overall. One one-thousandth of the US consumption. 0.02% of the world's production. That's the very definition of chump change, especially when it buys you a nation's nuclear cooperation.
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- Sounds like an exceptional deal to me - GliderGuider 02/11/0713:30:33 02/11/07 (35)
- Until the US announces IT is going totally to dismantle ITS nuclear weaponry, - tinear 15:59:30 02/11/07 (0)
- They want to be bribed. We need to get them under control. I can't believe it, but I'm rooting for China - late 14:05:47 02/11/07 (0)
- They lied the last time - LWR 13:33:49 02/11/07 (32)
- That is itself a Bush lie. ..nt - late 14:02:56 02/11/07 (31)
- One of many Google results - LWR 14:08:07 02/11/07 (30)
- We did this before. I went over the situation in detail. ..nt - late 15:10:21 02/11/07 (29)
- I am in luck, the article is still free - late 15:20:33 02/11/07 (28)
- They lit one off - LWR 16:34:38 02/11/07 (23)
- No, actually they didn't. It was not a dirty bomb, fortunately ..nt - late 18:13:58 02/11/07 (6)
- All nukes are dirty - LWR 18:24:17 02/11/07 (5)
- You are funny - late 18:31:15 02/11/07 (4)
- You have no intel to prove it was an event - LWR 18:40:16 02/11/07 (3)
- It didn't have enough power, nice try, and thanks for playing ..nt - late 18:42:02 02/11/07 (2)
- They think it was a failure - LWR 19:00:42 02/11/07 (1)
- Yes, they do ..nt - late 19:59:10 02/11/07 (0)
- And the article you linked to was from before they set off a bomb. - LWR 16:35:32 02/11/07 (15)
- Yup, and your point is? ..nt - late 18:14:27 02/11/07 (14)
- Absent minded, stubborn or just plain unable to understand....which are you? - LWR 18:21:18 02/11/07 (13)
- I believe they have had plutonium for some time, the article I linked prob mentions the source .nt - late 18:23:39 02/11/07 (12)
- What you "believe" - LWR 18:25:19 02/11/07 (11)
- Obviously they processed it, and most likely after 2000. But other than highlighting Bush's failed policy do you have a - late 18:34:50 02/11/07 (10)
- I made it - LWR 18:39:23 02/11/07 (9)
- Good, then we agree that Bush screwed up, and needs China to get his ass of the jam he put us in ..nt - late 18:41:03 02/11/07 (8)
- No sweetie - LWR 19:01:39 02/11/07 (7)
- All the fun stuff happened on Bush's watch. Not a coincidence. - late 20:03:49 02/11/07 (6)
- So, you think all the weapons grade material and all the developement - LWR 07:19:54 02/12/07 (5)
- Not what I said ..nt - late 11:58:02 02/12/07 (4)
- What you said - LWR 12:53:12 02/12/07 (3)
- You need to have a point, and something beyond attack. Of course, that means explicity defending Bush. Good luck ..nt - late 16:27:28 02/12/07 (2)
- Bush has nothing to do with it - LWR 16:38:25 02/12/07 (1)
- Actually, what this is about now is China dragging a couple of pathetic jerks to the negotiating table .nt - late 19:24:03 02/12/07 (0)
- Don't stops there - Matt H 16:06:09 02/11/07 (3)
- I found Harrison's rebut satisfactory. Do you have a problem with it? - late 18:22:18 02/11/07 (2)
- His rebut to the rebut was weak... - Matt H 22:13:39 02/11/07 (1)
- That is not really an answer. . ..nt - late 19:26:17 02/12/07 (0)