Pentagon Preparing For Failed North Korea Talks
May 31st, 2005 by 
Kevin
Via Reuters:
The Pentagon said on Thursday it was preparing for the possibility that North Korea had decided to abandon six-party nuclear talks and a top official said diplomacy with Pyongyang would soon have to produce results.
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Hill and other officials have repeatedly said the administration would consider “other options,” including military options, if the talks collapsed or if Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon.
This announcement carries special meaning coming on the tail of the deployment of stealth aircraft to South Korea.
This would tend to support the possibility that the deployment was either to pressure North Korea into returning to the table or else making it clear that the US will not allow a nuclear test to occur.
The North Koreans are well known for talking tough and making bold claims shortly before beginning negotiations. And with North Korean rhetoric being rather hostile lately this is more likely simply a move to push the North back to the tables. A high stakes game of diplomacy using high-tech billion dollar equipment as pawns.
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