Comments on: A Democrat win will not change America’s policy towards the Norks

By: dlatn

dlatn — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:04:57 +0000

In the pathetic relationship that is DPRK and the USA, one wonders which nation painted themselves further into a corner vis-a-vis the other. Between the nuclear power and the criminal regime, neither has left themselves much room to move

By: watchingfromLA

watchingfromLA — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:14:20 +0000

Foreign policy remains a presidential bailiwick in America, regardless of the posturing of a few individual congress people.

Anyway, the overwhelming center of focus for the executive and congress will be Iraq and Islamism. Do the norks have any clue as to their acclerating irrelevance? That nuke fizzle suggests they do. Do South Korean policy makers have any clue about how irrelevant North Korea is becoming to the United States?

Will the nork/KJI cretins just follow the money and make noises about nukes to get money, or are they going to slowly and reluctantly come to realize their position as international cockroaches…and about to be squashed if they are a little too visible? In the final analysis, the incompetence of totalitarians knows no limits, even compared to the most pathetic of American naivety about the prospects for rational governance in the islamist world.

We all care a little bit less about NK, with each passing day. KJI and the nork internal struggle is more of a South Korean and Chinese problem. America will disentangle, regardless of who wins tomorrow.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:38:01 +0000

Still, a case could be made for the situation turning to N.K.’s favor if a Dem gets elected–first, there would almost undoubtedly be direct talks between the norks and U.S., which would drag on and on, and the main issue for the new prez would of course be Iraq, opening the way for either quick concessions to N.K. or a sort of benign neglect if the norks lay low for a while.

By: Lankov

Lankov — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:10:12 +0000

It’s true, and it’s a bit funny to see that North Korean leaders seem to be expecting a serious change of policy from the next US administration. They have been demonizing Bush for so long, and finally became victims of their own propaganda, as usual.

By: Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:22:52 +0000

Doh! Fixed. Thanks.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:16:57 +0000

The Chosun might want a link, Andy.