> Then, perhaps hoping that it could avoid a > confrontation that would > distract from its campaign against Iraq, Mr. Bush > never described to > North Korea what might happen if it crosses the > nuclear "red lines." > Though he has often said he will never allow "the > world's worst > dictators to obtain the world's worst weapons," Mr. > Bush has never > specifically warned North Korea about how -- if at > all -- he would > respond if the country began producing bomb-grade > plutonium that could > produce half a dozen weapons by summer." > > Doug > > GCU Blame it on Carter (yea, that's the ticket > class)
Countering Doug's spin with some common sense... No kidding, class. Bush used ambiguity in a negotiation. What a shock! I know that _everyone_ who has ever done that has been stupid. Churchill, Lincoln, every statesman and diplomat I can think of, damn, none of them knew what they were doing when they didn't make things completely clear to their enemies. Of _course_ Bush is being ambiguous. If the North Koreans don't know what he will do, they don't know what he _won't_ do either. Given Carter's uniform record of screwing things up in foreign policy (we can only be thankful the Camp David Accords were fully negotiated long before anyone arrived at Camp David) - and ignoring his disgraceful attempt to get _foreign governments_ to oppose the Bush Administration in 1990 during the buildup to the Gulf War - I don't see why the fact that he (as usual) got pathetically hoodwinked by one of the world dictators he spends his time sucking up to is terribly surprising. For more on that, check out The New Republic's (that bastion of conservative bias) articles on Carter and his various friendships with dictators. I quote: 'Carter has repeatedly praised dictators in the name of international rapprochement. In 1977, while pursuing detente with the Soviet bloc, Carter noted that "our concept of human rights is preserved in Poland." The following year he told Romania's hideous dictator, Nicolae Ceaucescu, "Our goals are the same, to have a just system of economics and politics. ... We believe in enhancing human rights." And after leaving office, he journeyed to Pyongyang in 1994 to resolve the crisis sparked by late dictator Kim Il Sung's development of nuclear weapons. "People were very friendly and open," Carter remarked about life in arguably the most repressive country on Earth, and he noted "the reverence with which [North Koreans] look upon their leader."' Anyone foolish enough to say things like that, well, it's not surprising he got taken to school by the North Koreans. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
