Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Thu 05/18/2006 View Wed 05/17/2006 View Tue 05/16/2006 View Mon 05/15/2006 View Sun 05/14/2006 View Sat 05/13/2006 View Fri 05/12/2006
1
2006-05-18 China-Japan-Koreas
US looking for new approach regarding North Korea
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by Dan Darling 2006-05-18 02:37|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Funny, Mad HalfBright was at the White House last week. Perhaps someone stupid listened to her.
Posted by Captain America 2006-05-18 06:30||   2006-05-18 06:30|| Front Page Top

#2 There is nothing "new" about this approach. It was the Clinton approach for eight years...sheesh
Posted by Captain America 2006-05-18 06:34||   2006-05-18 06:34|| Front Page Top

#3 But [Bush] will not do so unless North Korea returns to multinational negotiations over its nuclear program. The talks have been stalled since September.

Rhetoric, not movement.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-18 07:12||   2006-05-18 07:12|| Front Page Top

#4 What happened to the agreement they had? Oh yeah - they broke it. And now they want a new one.
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-05-18 08:19||   2006-05-18 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 NKOR hasn't really "made out like a bandit" over their nuke program. The only thing it has gotten them is some sense of (misplaced)security that they will not be invaded and toppled from power. In the end, you can't eat plutonium and you can only sell so many missiles a year to the Iranians. Their little shithole has become far worse since they made the bomb.
Posted by Glerong Omavins3424 2006-05-18 11:57||   2006-05-18 11:57|| Front Page Top

#6 This is clever and I support it fully. It follows the strategy that Steven Den Beste, a couple years back, called 'engaged apathy'. We'll listen, and listen, and listen, polite as always, and not do anything. We'll let Mr. Bolton say a few words, and not do anything. We'll have six-party talks, two-party talks, and not do anything.

Not do anything because there's nothing to do except wait for the NKors to crater. That's the goal: Kimmie has proven that he can't be trusted, so trying to reach an agreement with him on his nukes is useless. Kimmie's also batshit crazy, so we don't want to do something to push him over the edge (think 15,000 artillery tubes pointed at Seoul; the loss of life would be enormous).

So the best response is to do nothing, all the while with a look on our face of engagement, of seriousness, of concern. It's what diplomats do for a living, and we need to let them do it.

Negotiate a peace treaty? Absolutely, sure, no problem. First, the size and shape of the table. Then the color of the tablecloth. Wait, wait, we need to call Washington on that, we'll get back to you ...
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-05-18 13:01||   2006-05-18 13:01|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree with the engaged Apathy but I would include one additional bit. Let it be known by the Chinese (through back channels) that if Kimmie says anything provocative we'll be pushing hard for a change in the Japanese constitution so Japan can defend herself.

North Korea is the monster China built and China needs to take responsibility. If not they cannot expect the neighbors to just sit back and suck it up, not when those neighbors conquered the entire neighborhood with military efficiency within living memory.
Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz  2006-05-18 13:37||   2006-05-18 13:37|| Front Page Top

#8 in addition - any efforts to transmit those weapons to a 3rd party constitute an act of war and the ship sunk/plane splashed
Posted by Frank G 2006-05-18 14:43||   2006-05-18 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 or do you want to see hezbollah/AQ/Syria with a nuke?
Posted by Frank G 2006-05-18 14:45||   2006-05-18 14:45|| Front Page Top

#10 http://tema.ru/travel/choson-1/

Visit North Korea!
Sprawling beaches, concrete jungle, stunning vistas!
Posted by Anon4021 2006-05-18 15:34||   2006-05-18 15:34|| Front Page Top

00:01 JosephMendiola
23:50 Manolo
23:50 SOP35/Rat
23:45 trailing wife
23:41 bombay
23:33 It Insider
23:29 Gromosh Elminegum5705
23:26 Monsieur Moonbat
23:18 Manolo
23:15 eniac
23:13 JosephMendiola
23:13 Monsieur Moonbat
23:04 Monsieur Moonbat
23:00 Broadhead6
22:55 Manolo
22:52 Frank G
22:51 Broadhead6
22:47 Manolo
22:47 xbalanke
22:46 Broadhead6
22:42 Jules
22:39 Broadhead6
22:39 JosephMendiola
22:37 DMFD
Merry-Go-Blog










Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com