NORTH KOREA

Rense: Hard Warning To N Korea By Former CIA Director

'Change of regime only alternative to war in Korea' James Woolsey, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States, urged China to step up to its responsibility and exert its substantial influence on North Korea to induce a change in its regime, saying this was the only credible alternative to war on the peninsula.

"The only option to keep (North Korean leader) Kim Jong-il from producing more nuclear warheads is for China to exert is pressure in North Korea to change its regime," he said during a press conference yesterday after attending a session at the ongoing Pacific Basic Economic Council. "There are no other possibilities other than that, short of military action."

"Das dumme für die USA ist, dass Sie solange die ganze Armee im Irak und Afghanistan stationiert ist, keinen Milit?rischen Druck machen k?nnen. Nord Korea hat eine Armee von über einer Million Soldaten die innerhalb von Stunden oder wenigen Tagen einsatzf?hig sind. Amerika braucht Wochen oder Monate um genug grosse Truppenkontigente in Süd Korea aufzubauen um einen Krieg zu führen"