Comments on: Congratulations, North Korea

By: snow

snow — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:28:42 +0000

Yesirree, the wonders of ass-kissing, er, diplomacy when dealing with such a trustworthy guy as KJI. Wow, how could anyone have foreseen that the US would get conned out of its shorts on this one? I agree with Robert, the US should have left this steaming pile of crap known as North Korea to the Chinese and the South Koreans to clean up. What a disgusting display. Did the hardline approach accomplish anything? No, but what has diplomacy achieved?

By: Siddhartha

Siddhartha — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:34:05 +0000

Robert,
Since I am new to this blog..many probably already commented but I like to trust our government (although GW Bush and Cheney personally loath KJI) finally understand how to deal with NK. Christopher Hills is the best we have and this negotiating process of having NK did this and then we will giving that..is a long winding one. Mr. Hills himself made that clear but media never bother to point it out…

This whole thing I like to belive is act of feeding NK the rat poision (paraphrase Korean) so KJI regime could die slowly. This rat poision naively puts it is to get NK open its door through capitalism, prosperity, give up arms sales to Syria etc etc. By leaving NK collage on its own will invite China to fill the vacuum NOT unless anyone here belives NK trusts Korea and US more than China. Highly doubted!! Therefore it is our interest to feed this posion (do so at paying for it)

I also belive Clinton deal was much better but because neocons decided to break it (light water reactor for one)we are left to pay for the “liquidated damage”

By: Johnson

Johnson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:02:38 +0000

Another U.S. admin diplomatically defeated by North Korea. Next!

There is no potential for change in the NK regime and situation until Kim JongIl dies.

By: james

james — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:10:19 +0000

like i’ve said on other korea related blogs…

KJI is a fricking business GOD!!!

Stanford MBA? UCLA Anderson MBA? Wharton MBA? Harvard MBA?

WHAT FRICKING EVER!!!!

i want to go where KJI was schooled.

not only does he not show up for meetings, but he has his cronies pull off deals where he does nothing and gets everything he wants.

you can’t even measure that when you start off with 0% and end up with everything you’ve ever wanted.

free food, free oil, free guarantee of your rogue regime…..for nothing.

and you even have the balls to present a dossier with uranium on it.

absolutely magical.

mugabe, yusuf, the generals in burma, etc. AIN’T GOT NOTHING ON KJI!!!!!!!

By: jtb-in-texas

jtb-in-texas — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:29:44 +0000

At least it’s steaming cr4p… One always hates being handed that day-old stuff that the other guy rejected…

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:52:35 +0000

I just watched Selihg Harriosn on PBS. Of course he is happy but blames Bush for “us” getting into this jam in the first place.
Bush has been critized for being a “cowboy” in foreign policy matters and when he joined the six party talks he was critized for THAT too.
Can we pack our military bags and leave now?

By: cm

cm — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:26:37 +0000

This is a disgraceful betrayal by America, of Lee Myung Bak, precisely at a time when he’s taking a huge political hit over his toughened North Korea policy to forge a closer relationship with America. South Korea’s relationship has worsened with Norh Korea because Lee’s government got tough on North Korea. So what did the last 10 years of wrangling between South Korea and the US over North Korea accomplish? So why didn’t Bush just work with Kim Dae Jung and Roh Mu Hyun and give the North Koreans what they wanted from the beginning instead of criticizing South Korea and giving the South Korean leftists a rallying point?
So now Bush just wants to wash his hands of everything.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:41:22 +0000

That was well put, Mr. Marmot. NK’s report does not include information on its existing nuclear arsenal or its uranium enrichment program, so it’s essentially worthless.

The norks were probably involved in Syria’s nuke program as well, so they not only get rewarded for nothing but aren’t being called out for that at the 6-party talks. KJI seems to have a charmed life for a guy who runs one of the most f’ed up countries on earth.

By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog)

Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:54:53 +0000

Wait, Ban Ki-Moon is still alive?

By: natto

natto — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:18:05 +0000

The Bush’s North Korean diplomacy has resulted in a disaster, much worse
than the Bill Clinton’s over which Bush had heavily criticized. Far from confronting KJI, Bush is pratically appeasing him and trying to award him
for not doing what NK is not allowed to do.

The US may afford to turn a blind eye to the KJI’s nukes because they
cannot be direct threats to the US. But Japan cannot stand this threat.
Most of the Japanese feel betrayed by Bush. I hope that this diplomatic
fiasco would not bring about the threshold for Japan to drive away from
the US strategically and militarily.