Comments on: Not the SALAMI TACTIC! http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/02/27/not-the-salami-tactic/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Marmot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/02/27/not-the-salami-tactic/#comment-2268 Marmot Sun, 29 Feb 2004 05:14:37 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=571#comment-2268 Thanks a lot for the background to that. I was a bit taken back by the "salami" reference, because let's face it, salamis aren't the easiest things to come by in most of Korea. My in-laws, however, mailed us some wonderful Russian salamis that provided a week's worth of good eating. It is a perfect term, though, to describe what the North Koreans are doing. If only the U.S. had the balls (and the patience) to play the same game... Thanks a lot for the background to that. I was a bit taken back by the “salami” reference, because let’s face it, salamis aren’t the easiest things to come by in most of Korea. My in-laws, however, mailed us some wonderful Russian salamis that provided a week’s worth of good eating.

It is a perfect term, though, to describe what the North Koreans are doing. If only the U.S. had the balls (and the patience) to play the same game…

]]> By: Gerry Bevers http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/02/27/not-the-salami-tactic/#comment-2267 Gerry Bevers Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:11:29 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=571#comment-2267 North Korea is trying to get a 2-for-1 deal. She has offered to dismantle her nuclear-weapons programs for a security guarantee and "economic compensation," but she wants to keep her "peaceful" nuclear-energy programs. I can understand North Korea wanting a security guarantee in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons programs, but why should she get economic compensation unless she was planning on selling those weapons? Otherwise, what would we be compensating her for? No matter how North Korea tries to disguise it with her word games, she is trying to use her nuclear weapons as a means of blackmail. The US should counter the North Korean proposal by saying, "We will give you a security guarantee in exchange for your nuclear-weapons program and oil and economic compensation in exchange for your nuclear-energy program. As for normalized relations, we will give you that when you stop imprisoning, torturing, and murdering your own people, give up your drug smuggling, and return the families of kidnapped Japanese nationals. North Korea is trying to get a 2-for-1 deal. She has offered to dismantle her nuclear-weapons programs for a security guarantee and “economic compensation,” but she wants to keep her “peaceful” nuclear-energy programs.

I can understand North Korea wanting a security guarantee in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons programs, but why should she get economic compensation unless she was planning on selling those weapons? Otherwise, what would we be compensating her for?

No matter how North Korea tries to disguise it with her word games, she is trying to use her nuclear weapons as a means of blackmail. The US should counter the North Korean proposal by saying, “We will give you a security guarantee in exchange for your nuclear-weapons program and oil and economic compensation in exchange for your nuclear-energy program. As for normalized relations, we will give you that when you stop imprisoning, torturing, and murdering your own people, give up your drug smuggling, and return the families of kidnapped Japanese nationals.

]]> By: Kevin Kim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/02/27/not-the-salami-tactic/#comment-2266 Kevin Kim Sat, 28 Feb 2004 12:43:42 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=571#comment-2266 Damn. Another bet lost. Kevin Damn. Another bet lost.

Kevin

]]> By: paul eckert http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/02/27/not-the-salami-tactic/#comment-2265 paul eckert Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:47:05 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=571#comment-2265 I don't have the link at hand, but an early Friday morning Yonhap analysis carried that sentence and we thought it was 1) very accurate, 2) too colorful not to use and 3) a relatively rare instance in which domestic media "told it like it is" with North Korea rather than put the best possible gloss on things. They did not use "soondae", they called it "salami jonsul" and used the word "sosiji" (sausage): sosiji ul yalbke charida. I wish I'd thought of that metaphor myself. I recall hearing somewhere (perhaps Chuck Downs book) North Korea's (1993-94) tactics of drawing out negotiations in stages to maximize aid described as a "dance of the seven veils". It strikes me as the way a good poker player plays a weak hand. I don’t have the link at hand, but an early Friday morning Yonhap analysis carried that sentence and we thought it was 1) very accurate, 2) too colorful not to use and 3) a relatively rare instance in which domestic media “told it like it is” with North Korea rather than put the best possible gloss on things. They did not use “soondae”, they called it “salami jonsul” and used the word “sosiji” (sausage): sosiji ul yalbke charida. I wish I’d thought of that metaphor myself.

I recall hearing somewhere (perhaps Chuck Downs book) North Korea’s (1993-94) tactics of drawing out negotiations in stages to maximize aid described as a “dance of the seven veils”.

It strikes me as the way a good poker player plays a weak hand.

]]> By: Kevin Kim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/02/27/not-the-salami-tactic/#comment-2264 Kevin Kim Sat, 28 Feb 2004 04:30:40 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=571#comment-2264 I'm betting the original text says "soondae." Kevin "sosiji" Kim I’m betting the original text says “soondae.”

Kevin “sosiji” Kim

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