KOREA MOONS THE BUSHES

The Bushies' whipping of Iraq was supposed to intimidate other rogue nations, er, "axis of evil" nations into falling in line or not being a menace or whatever.

Good to see that line of thinking is working on DPRK. Well, not really.

WASHINGTON - North Korea's lead official at nuclear weapons talks in China told a U.S. envoy that his country has nuclear weapons and may test, export or use them depending on U.S. actions, a senior American official said Thursday.

The comment was made by North Korean delegate Ri Gun to Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly during a social gathering Wednesday following formal discussions on the North's nuclear weapons program, said the senior U.S. official, speaking only on condition of anonymity.

Kelly did not respond to Ri's comment, said the official.

According to the official, Ri said during the plenary session earlier that North Korea has reprocessed all 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods in its possession.

If true, that would put North Korea much closer to building six to eight additional weapons beyond the one or two it is believed to have at present.

Hmm. And all this while the search for WMD's in Iraq goes on without bearing fruit. Hey, we found something! Oh wait, it's one of our unexploded cluster bombs. Don't touch it!