Cooling Tower says, "Boom!"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/world/asia/28nuke.html?th&emc=th

This is the perfect opportunity for North Korea haters to start throwing out the accusations. What great chance to refer to the other three towers that North Korea is hosting. I personally don't have the history of North Korea on my bookshelf, but what I've read just seems like a publicity stunt. Kind of sketchy to me.

Onishi states, "North Korea’s declaration did not specify how many nuclear bombs it had."

I feel like laughing. Do we even have any evidence that the cooling tower even worked?? It could be empty for all we know. "In North Korea itself, however, the explosion was a nonevent." Mmm...curious why they would think that.

On the flip side, some are taking this as a positive step. They're trying to concentrate on the development of their economy. I must agree that North Korea has taken the first step in possible nuclear disarmament. And did I hear about Bush lifting up penalties under the Trading with the Enemy Act? Woooh! Go North Korea!