Those words were uttered by Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly in 1985but I feel they sum upmy reaction to the North Korean "nuclear" test. The biggest danger outside the South Korea and Japan is not what the NK's will do with their bomb, but who they give the technology to. That being said, this is going to have an interesting effect on the East Asian power balance.

The Independent has an interesting article and a roundup of world reaction:

GEORGE BUSH, US PRESIDENT: 'The transfer of nuclear weapons or materiel by North Korea to states or non-state entities would bea grave threat to the US'

BAN KI MOON, SOUTH KOREAN MINISTER: 'I stand here with a heavy heart'

SHINZO ABE, JAPANESE PM: 'The development of nuclear weapons by North Korea will transform the security environment in North Asia and we will be entering a new nuclear age'

MARGARET BECKETT, BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: 'We shall be pushing for sanctions'

FOREIGN MINISTRY OF CHINA: 'China expresses its resolute opposition'

VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT: 'Enormous damage has been done to nonproliferation'

Posted by Ryan S. on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 8:25 AM | Permalink |