Comments on: Have Saber, Will Rattle http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 4 Dec 2008 04:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: judge judy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/#comment-18409 judge judy Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:18:41 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1709#comment-18409 presdent roh was snubbed. lunch? ha! there's no way to spin that positively. the message is clear that he needs to choose whether he is an ally with the US who is still at war with north korea or whether he wants to risk all security by encouraging and supporting dprk into some form of capitalism, all the while not dealing with their WOMD research and possible production. china is the key to pressuring dprk into some form of agreement that includes nuclear facility monitoring by IAEA again. as far as i can tell, it will be in china's best interest to let things continue on the way they are as long as possible. presdent roh was snubbed. lunch? ha! there’s no way to spin that positively. the message is clear that he needs to choose whether he is an ally with the US who is still at war with north korea or whether he wants to risk all security by encouraging and supporting dprk into some form of capitalism, all the while not dealing with their WOMD research and possible production.

china is the key to pressuring dprk into some form of agreement that includes nuclear facility monitoring by IAEA again. as far as i can tell, it will be in china’s best interest to let things continue on the way they are as long as possible.

]]> By: Blog Archive Roh Roh Roh Your Boat http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/#comment-18408 Blog Archive Roh Roh Roh Your Boat Sun, 12 Jun 2005 05:18:45 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1709#comment-18408 [...] armots Hole [my 3rd favorite blog and the best in the world on Korean issues] has a good round up of curiosity, analysis, and speculation about President Roh#821 [...] [...] armots Hole [my 3rd favorite blog and the best in the world on Korean issues] has a good round up of curiosity, analysis, and speculation about President Roh#821 [...]

]]> By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/#comment-18407 Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:48:14 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1709#comment-18407 You'd think they'd give it a bit more than 15 seconds, considering how there's so much focus on NK these days...or maybe that's just all us expats, 1.5ers, Kyopos, policy wonks, and interested foreigners who are actually following this stuff. You’d think they’d give it a bit more than 15 seconds, considering how there’s so much focus on NK these days…or maybe that’s just all us expats, 1.5ers, Kyopos, policy wonks, and interested foreigners who are actually following this stuff.

]]> By: kimbob http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/#comment-18406 kimbob Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:15:02 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1709#comment-18406 Now compare that to the news coverage in Korea about this meeting of the two presidents. America sneezes, Korea goes into a deathly convulsion which in turn hardly registers in America. Now compare that to the news coverage in Korea about this meeting of the two presidents. America sneezes, Korea goes into a deathly convulsion which in turn hardly registers in America.

]]> By: kimbob http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/#comment-18405 kimbob Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:12:25 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1709#comment-18405 Watched the NBC News tonight. They had a 15 second blurb about President Bush's press confrence with "South Korean president Roh". As expected, Korea related news does not rate that highly in the American press priority. I suppose that is both good and bad for Korea. Watched the NBC News tonight. They had a 15 second blurb about President Bush’s press confrence with “South Korean president Roh”. As expected, Korea related news does not rate that highly in the American press priority. I suppose that is both good and bad for Korea.

]]> By: MichaelMichael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/06/11/have-saber-will-rattle/#comment-18404 MichaelMichael Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:27:10 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1709#comment-18404 Here's a little scoop for the Marmot crowd: the Korean reporters at the White House press conference were miffed that they weren't given an opportunity to ask questions. Don't ask me how I know, because I won't tell you. :) At any rate, I was impressed by Roh's firmness in the statements he made, quite unlike the shoot-from-the-lip approach he usually takes--maybe the truncated press conference had something to do with it. It was also interesting that Bush apologized for the accident in Dongducheon, which of course will be rejected as "insincere" by some parties here, but it must have been fairly spontaneous considering the accident just happened. At any rate, I think Bush really wants to see the North in the six-way talks, if only to stall for time, since all other options are messier/uglier. Here’s a little scoop for the Marmot crowd: the Korean reporters at the White House press conference were miffed that they weren’t given an opportunity to ask questions. Don’t ask me how I know, because I won’t tell you. :) At any rate, I was impressed by Roh’s firmness in the statements he made, quite unlike the shoot-from-the-lip approach he usually takes–maybe the truncated press conference had something to do with it. It was also interesting that Bush apologized for the accident in Dongducheon, which of course will be rejected as “insincere” by some parties here, but it must have been fairly spontaneous considering the accident just happened. At any rate, I think Bush really wants to see the North in the six-way talks, if only to stall for time, since all other options are messier/uglier.

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