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| U.S., N. Korea Drifting Toward War, Perry Warns |
| 2003-07-15 |
| Former Clinton defense secretary William Perry warned that the United States and North Korea are drifting toward war, perhaps as early as this year, in an increasingly dangerous standoff that also could result in terrorists being able to purchase a North Korean nuclear device and plant it in a U.S. city. From his discussions, Perry has concluded the president simply won’t enter into genuine talks with Pyongyang’s Stalinist government. "My theory is the reason we don’t have a policy on this, and we aren’t negotiating, is the president himself," Perry said. "I think he has come to the conclusion that Kim Jong Il is evil and loathsome and it is immoral to negotiate with him." As our good friend Juan Gato would say, "with cheese!" Interesting article. Here’s the real nut graf though: Rather than escalate in this way, [high seas interdiction of NK drug and arms shipments] Perry said, the administration should engage in "coercive diplomacy," which he explained as, "You have to offer something, but you have to have an iron fist behind your offer." He didn’t specify what should be offered, but others have suggested that North Korea would like economic aid, trade deals, diplomatic recognition or a nonaggression pact. There must be an echo in here--the echo of a failed Clinton NK policy? I’m sure the NKors would like the moon if they could get it, but Bush doesn’t want to make a deal with the Devil. At least I hope not... |
| Posted by:Bent Pyramid |
| #9 Next up: 'Madeline Albright will show Colin Powell how to cobble together an arms treaty with North Korea.' Does anyone really take these Clintflunkies serious? I hate to quote Chirac but 'these guys are missing a good oppurtunity to STFU.' |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-7-15 7:30:15 PM |
| #8 Perry's got a set on him for offering criticism of Bush's handling of NK. I have a suggestion on dealing with the not-yet-reprocessed fuel rods -- bomb the holding ponds (which are in the open, as I recall) with some sort of cement or epoxy substance that makes them unusable. If we don't bomb the reactors, all that's left to bomb is the fuels rods, it seems to me. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-7-15 1:37:29 PM |
| #7 My idea of "coercive diplomacy" with NK: Target 'em with 100 nuke warheads, tell 'em they are targeted, tell 'em to STFU, tell 'em they're out of the arms and drug businesses (and mean it), and ask them to submit their weapons-for-food program requests. When they are reasonably disarmed, we will pull out of SK and help them learn to feed themselves. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-7-15 12:36:58 PM |
| #6 Don't call ex-Secretary Perry "the Fridge." The Fridge was a great and entertaining football player and a classy guy. He's twice the man any of the Clinton cabinet weenies could ever be--and not just in the physical sense. |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-7-15 12:20:49 PM |
| #5 Take them out now while we still can. |
| Posted by: SPQR 2755 2003-7-15 10:58:51 AM |
| #4 Tell the Fridge to stick to the hot dog eating contests at Coney Island. Oh, wrong guy? Sorry. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-15 10:37:12 AM |
| #3 Thank you, Mr. Perry, for doing absolutely nothing about the situation when you were in control and passing it off to the next. Bastard. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-7-15 9:49:27 AM |
| #2 North Korea would like economic aid, trade deals, diplomatic recognition or a nonaggression pact ...or a just a big, fat, monthly check, c/o Kimmy. I hope that Bush doesn't budge. It's time to call their rhetoric (and the world's for that matter). I guess Kimmy was asleep when 9-11 happened. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-7-15 9:05:59 AM |
| #1 He was one of the guys who F*cked it up last time, and he presumes to tell Bush how to fix it? STFU loser! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-7-15 8:40:30 AM |