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2003-04-14 Korea

NK Wants Japan, Russia Excluded From Talks

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Posted by george 2003-04-14 09:03 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The silent treatment seems to be working, so let's keep it up. And Kimmie's so scared that he's been burrowing to...well, let me check my globe...uh, burrowing to Bolivia, it looks like.

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-04-14 09:28:59|| 2003-04-14 09:28:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone else sees the "Axis of Weasels" as a bunch of "useful idiots". Do they really think the United States will subject itself to the decisions made primarily by the two countries that caused it so much grief in Iraq? We need to keep the pressure on Kimmie, he's beginning to sweat. Maybe he'll lose some of that paunch he's gained, living like a king while his people ate grass.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-14 09:34:17|| 2003-04-14 09:34:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Just for laughs the US should insist that France attend the talks with China, SK, NK and us.

Posted by mhw 2003-04-14 09:43:38|| 2003-04-14 09:43:38|| Front Page Top

#4 You know, that creepy little hobbit once wanted to be a filmaker so badly that he had a director kidnapped; it was more convenient than calling, I suppose. So here's what we do - we continue to bribe Kim, but we make our payments in filmakers. Think about it: Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand, heck, we could even finally get rid of Kevin Costner. It's frikkin' brilliant.

Posted by FormerLiberal 2003-04-14 10:26:49|| 2003-04-14 10:26:49|| Front Page Top

#5 FormerLib - I'd forgotten that, thx for reminding me lol

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-14 11:25:31|| 2003-04-14 11:25:31|| Front Page Top

#6 I only remembered it because I saw an extremely depressing - and now infuriating - "Frontline" documentary on Thursday. The gist was that while the Carter/Clinton bribe was remarkable for its stupidity, cravenness, and inability to actually be implemented fully, the current attitudes of the Bush administration towards NK removes the almost transparent patina of safety and security that the bribe purchased for us, which is why the Carter/Clinton fellatio of Kim is still better than Bush's refusal to get on his knees.

One astouding political benefit of the Iraq war has been all the interesting worms that have exploded out of the proverbial can. I wonder what we'll find in NK?

Posted by FormerLiberal 2003-04-14 11:32:48|| 2003-04-14 11:32:48|| Front Page Top

#7 before Iraq - Nkor wanted only bilateral talks with the US.

Now - Nkor wants to make sure Japan and Russia excluded from mulilateral talks, willing to let Chinese in, aligning with Chinese position.

Things are working - more pressure on China may help.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-14 13:38:01|| 2003-04-14 13:38:01|| Front Page Top

#8 mhw -- Why? So Kimmie and de Villepin can compare hair gel? ;)

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-14 18:36:51|| 2003-04-14 18:36:51|| Front Page Top

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