Comments on: N. Korea Pledges To Give Up Nukes
No. 2 Leader Tells Officials From South To Expect "Efforts To Realize" Disarmament
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- formrusmcsgt:U S WARNS AGAINST EU'S CIA FLIGHT PROBE:
SORRY, APPARENTLY MY COMMENT WAS A LAME (SARCASTIC) ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE THIS ADMINISTRATIONS ARROGANT DISREGARD FOR INTERNATIONAL AND U S LAWS. THE COMMENT WAS MENT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS COWBOYS STRONG ARM TACTICS. FOR ONE, I THINK THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS V P , SHOULD BE IMPEACHED. - Reply to this comment
- Formerusmc:
If you are a former USMC, I am surprised by your posts. Re hashing the old lie..."He lied to get us into Iraq"...
are you indicating N Korea is not a threat?...please be more detailed....are you indicating Iran is not a threat? again please be more detailed...
Posted by golfkt at 09:31 AM : Mar 01, 2007
Monkeyed-up intel regarding Iraq is no lie bro, it is fact. (see: Downing Street Memo). The Brits were told by the administration in July, 2002, that the intel would be made to fit the plan for invasion.
In regards to Iran and N. Korea being threats, I do not dispute that for one moment.
However, where you and I part company is that I believe that basing policy on "monkeyed-up" intel is as big a threat to our country as either of those two counties, to say the least. - Reply to this comment
- Formerusmc:
If you are a former USMC, I am surprised by your posts. Re hashing the old lie..."He lied to get us into Iraq"...
are you indicating N Korea is not a threat?...please be more detailed....are you indicating Iran is not a threat? again please be more detailed...
Poer politics works....in this case Bush carried a big stick and used his unpredictability to our advantage.....along with the fact N Korea's access to $ was shut down...once they felt the squeeze they returned to the negotiating table... - Reply to this comment
- The liberal yahoo's don't have an understanding of power politics...Bush does..he is unpredictable...and dictators, at the end of the day...like to survive....
Posted by golfkt at 09:13 AM : Mar 01, 2007
Obviously, Bush doesn't have that great of a grasp himself. It's "they're evil because they're doing this, uh-oh never mind" ad infinitim......
Just watch his claims about Iran turn out to be pure BS as were his claims about Iraq and N. Korea...... - Reply to this comment
- We must spread partial blame to all involved here; both Koreas, Japan, China, Russia and the U.S. are all cozying up on this. Page 2 of the piece tells us the two Koreas have been chin wagging twenty sessions since 2000 on this at the cabinet level.
Take a quick scan of the five photo display for this piece, too. #5 seems a bit out of context. But then sort of reminded me of Jimmy Carter's brother Billy. - Reply to this comment
- HHHMMM:
Maybe the Bush approach is working....
remember he cut off their access to money via back channels...
North Korea felt the heat...we'll see how this works...loved the way it was done..
Now, as I stated before, We will have a thaw with Iran within the next 90-180 days...
There is alot goingon behind the scenes..
The liberal yahoo's don't have an understanding of power politics...Bush does..he is unpredictable...and dictators, at the end of the day...like to survive.... - Reply to this comment
- The Post went even further with details about the administration's foot-in-mouth disorder:
U.S. alters stance on North Korean uranium program
By GLENN KESSLER
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is backing away from its long-held assertion that North Korea has an active clandestine program to enrich uranium, leading some experts to believe that the original U.S. intelligence in 2002 that started the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions may have been flawed.
The chief intelligence officer for North Korea, Joseph DeTrani, told Congress on Tuesday that while there is "high confidence" North Korea has acquired materials that could be used in a "production-scale" uranium enrichment program, there is only "mid-confidence" such a program exists.
At that time, President Bush told reporters, "We discovered that contrary to an agreement they had with the United States, they're enriching uranium, with a desire of developing a weapon."
The accusation about the alleged uranium enrichment program backfired, sparking a series of events that ultimately led to North Korea's first nuclear test -- using plutonium -- nearly five months ago.
The North Koreans have consistently denied having a uranium-enrichment program. - Reply to this comment
- "The question now is whether we would be in the position of having to get the North Koreans to give up a sizable arsenal if this had been handled differently," the official told The Times.
More Bush excellence...... - Reply to this comment
- 1 step further- look diplomacy works!!
I hope all the Neocons are digging themselves a deep Saddam hole in the ground in which they can hide! And we can forget them...
They even publically talked about war with N. Korea for years..... - Reply to this comment
- The North is gonna hold out for that rice, fertilizer, and oil in order to suspend its playing with bottle rockets.
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