Mario Loyola notes a North Korean "disaster", as though this new state of affairs represents a deviation from the norm;
The Treasury ruling has been a disaster for North Korea, and the disaster can’t be undone, except by North Korea. I certainly agree with Ambassador John Bolton and others who argue that we should not be negotiating with the North Koreans. But it strikes me that these are not real negotiations. If the North Koreans are only pretending to negotiate, in order to get something for nothing, it seems as if we are also pretending to negotiate — in order to give them a taste of their own medicine. The $25 million is coffee money compared to the problem North Korea has now.Conservative commentators and former administration officials have publicly and privately criticized Condi Rice and assistant secretary of state Christopher Hill for being “desperate to make a deal” with North Korea, and willing to make foolish unilateral concessions in order to get it. I don’t think historians will see it that way; the story is more complicated than that. Without making a single concession of strategic significance, Christopher Hill is driving the North Koreans crazy — and making an example of them. Not a bad result for otherwise pointless negotiations.
Driving? North Koreans "crazy"? How is that possible?
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WHAT???? North Korea executes cell phone users??? Never. It's just a commie plot! Oh wait. Never mind. Moonbats may now surface.
Swimming in the deep end of the Irony Pool again!
Just thinking about Rice etal..... suppose this bunch from the WhiteHouse is desperate to hand GW a Legacy of some diplomatic success? Alla Nixon/China!
I would have though that kicking the crap out of the Taliban in Afstan and Saddam in Iraq would be just enough. Unless there's a real need to go out with a bang! In that case turning Pyongyang or Tehran into a smokin glass plain would be just the ticket! Whichever of the two was not baked would likely capitulate!
Free your inner warrior George!
Pyongyang, June 13, 2007 (KCNA) -- Soldiers of the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces in south Korea drove their armored car over the two middle schoolgirls on the roadside in broad daylight, killing them in cold blood. This was the most barbaric murder in world history.
Knight; what's your point. For anyone interested in the incident, go to: xxxx://www.kimsoft.com/2002/how_two_korean_girls_were_killed.htm
It was clearly an accident with all the usual factors involved that these things include. It's always the fault of the lowest ranking service person involved. Just ask any Canadians who served in Europe.
It was clearly an accident with all the usual factors involved that these things include. It's always the fault of the lowest ranking service person involved. Just ask any Canadians who served in Europe.
So it WASN'T "the most barbaric murder in human history"!?!?!?
Thanks for adding even more redundancy...
Nobody drives a harder deal than the Americans.
It is more likely that the U.S. brings grief upon itself by designing deals that look more like highway robbery than fair agreement.
No doubt that when signers like NK read the fine print, they can get very upset. North Korea may feel cornered. Let*s hope they stay calm and refrain from *testing* non-UL approved Nukes. = TG