AP: "Cash-strapped NoKo Might Sell Plutonium to Terrorists"

U.S. Military Commander in South Korea:

N. Korea May Sell Nukes
By SANG-HUN CHOE / Associated Press Writer

"SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Impoverished North Korea might resort to selling weapons-grade plutonium to terrorists for much-needed cash, and that would be "disastrous for the world," the top U.S. military commander in South Korea said Friday. Gen. Leon J. LaPorte said the communist state may have harvested plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear rods, which experts say could yield enough material for several atomic bombs."

The North Koreans must be prevented from doing this. There are only two ways to guarantee this is prevented: (1) regime change; and (2) pre-emptive destruction of North Korea's plutonium and all their nuclear facilities.

If the intelligence to accomplish the latter is not good enough to guarantee success (and all the lousy intel' we used in Iraq leads me to believe that our intel' on NoKo is probably just as bad), then we must pursue the former - preferably with the aid of the Chinese.

Time is of the essence. We and the Chinese should immediately send a message to the NoKo military that they must overthrow Kim and hand over all the nuclear sites and materials AT ONCE. In return we guarantee them amnesty and aid. And a timetable on re-unification.

Waiting and wishful thinking are not reasonable options.