--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/9/06 5:51:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) , > MDixon6569@, MDi > <snip> > > Right, nobody will care if NK breaks it's word or treaties with > the big bad > > United States, but if they break treaties with South Korea, China, > Japan, > > Russia and the United States you could have five major powers > demanding > > sanctions instead of one. > > From the New York Times today: > > James A. Baker III, the Republican co-chairman of a bipartisan panel > reassessing Iraq strategy for President Bush, said Sunday that he > expected the panel would depart from Mr. Bush's repeated calls > to "stay the course," and he strongly suggested that the White House > enter direct talks with countries it had so far kept at arm's length, > including Iran and Syria. > > "I believe in talking to your enemies," he said in an interview on > the ABC News program "This Week," noting that he made 15 trips to > Damascus, the Syrian capital, while serving Mr. Bush's father as > secretary of state. > > "It's got to be hard-nosed, it's got to be determined," Mr. Baker > said. "You don't give away anything, but in my view, it's not > appeasement to talk to your enemies." > > I noticed he didn't mention North Korea. Why?
Because his job is to deal with the Middle East, obviously. But equally obviously, he didn't say, "I believe in talking to your enemies, except for North Korea." He's elucidating a general principle that would apply to any enemy country. > Because we have had talks and treaties with the North > Koreans and they were caught lying, cheating and > breaking their obligations. Quite frankly, why would > we expect anything different from the man that denies > the holocaust ever happened and wants to destroy > the state of Israel and refers to the United States as > the Great Satan. Take it up with Baker. I'm sure he'd be happy to hear the advice of someone with more experience in foreign relations and diplomacy than he has. > Wouldn't it be an honor in the Islamic world to deceive Satan? Why do these little > two bit tin horn dictators want so badly to negotiate with the United States? > What is in it for them? Keeping them at a distance is right and talks > directly with the US should be reserved for nations with trust worthy leaders. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
