Do you think america should supply north korea $ to disarm?

Question

if you heard the news america is thinking of giving some 200 million i think to north korea to help them out, and they promised to stop their nuclear program. what do ya'll think?

Answer 1

No. It is extortion.

Answer 2

The talks were started by the South Koreans and China. This was all on the table before. There is a 'time table' they must follow, according to the White House Briefing by Tony Snow. They much reach certain benchmarks and it's not just the US that is going to help them, but also China and South Korea...and other neighbors.

It is a carefully worded agreement with a timetable (60 days max) to comply. As they progress specialists from the Atomic Energy Commission and the UN, and the EU are all going to be carefully looking for anything suspicious...even anything they may think is hidden. Each plant will be in complete shutdown and then after everything is removed, locked down. When the first benchmark is reached, they will only be given 5 % of the initial compromise from all countries.

Since they were also using nuclear power for utilities, they will have to switch to oil products...which will be given in benchmark quantities of 5% from South Korea and China. So, there isn't anyone who will give them anything until the benchmarks have been reached.

Answer 3

It may be good in the short term, but long term, I still think North Korea will backout of this treaty just like they have before. They have never honored a treaty that they had signed with any party. The Korean War is still in effect because no treaty was agreed upon or signed by the UN, US, or the Koreas. As for your question, $200 million may be a decent short-term payoff. It's cheaper than financing a full scale war. But in the long run, don't expect Kim Jong Il to sit still for long.

Answer 4

This is a tough one for humanitarian reasons. No, I don't think we should pay them off to disarm. Kim Jong Il can not be trusted. He has broken every treaty he has been involved in with the US. On the other hand, it was recently said that a "luxury item" in North Korea is a second bowl of rice. The people are so impoverished. But I would like to see China and the countries of the region help clean up North Korea's mess rather than us always being called upon to do it. They need to receive foreign aid for their people, but it has been proven in the past that foreign aid does not make it to the intended recipients, being ciphered off to pad the pockets and bribe the elite.

Answer 5

No way Jose. It's extortion in every form of the word, on his part.

I think Clinton tried the same thing in the 90's, in the same general scenario. We made agreements then as well. Here it is, 10 years later, and NK is gaining arms to try to extort the world out of more money and more power. He's manipulating everyone, and we're all falling for it, again. You think the weapons he's already built are simply going to disappear into thin air? Nope! In a few years, he'll hold them over our heads again to get more out of us, or he'll laugh in glee at our gullibility as he launches one somewhere.

We should have said enough is enough and put our foot down about it. That money is way better off being used here, for our own suffering programs. It's time to call a fraud a fraud.

Answer 6

I think we need to keep our money, and bomb the hell out of N.Korea! I don't trust that sneaky little President over there-he would take the money then bomb us the next day-he is NUTS!! People who say we don't have the nuclear weapons to do that are not up to date on the real facts! We have more than enough, I read about it in TIME mag.!! N.Korea needs to be stopped, but I think it will take more than just 200 million!

Answer 7

America giving free money? nothing in this world is free. America always wants something in return. even if you don't know what it is that we want from you; there's always a price to pay. the USA isn't even going to be able to check if they did disarm. (at this point and time.) it's all about money,power,and who has more of it.In my eyes NK is about the biggest threat out there. i think this is another case of "Indian giving." sooner or later the USA will want that money back one way or another. this will become into a motive and result into an action. the USA will go to war because of the first reason they let them have money. so that they can disarm them. that money will become blood money. like the snake biting it's tail. we're going to end up at the beginning of our gurney. so what's the point? i say find another solution. like, us actually going to war over the real reason we're going to lie about later on. for money and power.

Answer 8

No. somewhat with the aid of thousands of artillery products aimed in the direction of Seoul. Any tremendous scale wrestle between the North and South might want to effect in thousands of thousands of useless civilians on both part (although somewhat the South with the aid of inhabitants concentration) and the destruction of between the precise 10 economies in the global. the only top ingredient the _world_ needs is a conflict between both.

Answer 9

Yes...Unfortunately I agree that that will have to be paid, but it is the UN not US or perhaps the 6 nationss.
They will salvage a few things for a few years and then turn again. There is no satisfying them and you will start the whole process again in 5-10 Years.

They are not to be trusted

Answer 10

NEVER...

We should immediately put a end to the Korean War, which is technically STILL ON!

Im with Bolton %100 if you want to read his comments on this issue.

Answer 11

We tried that once under Clinton, can we expect North Korea to comply?

Reagan said "Trust but Verify"