It has emerged that Mr Clinton offered no apology for the conduct of the two journalists.
"The answer is no," an official said when asked about reports by North Korea's official media that Mr Clinton had apologised. Earlier, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il agreed to pardon the reporters after the former president "expressed words of sincere apology" for their "hostile acts." Think I'd believe the State Dept over the Korean Central News Agency, though I'm sure that Bob doesn't.... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Calco Sent: 04 August 2009 22:54 To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: [OT] Clinton Performs Diplomacy on Kim Jong Il http://bit.ly/7akhL - - - "Clinton expressed words of sincere apology to Kim Jong Il for the hostile acts committed by the two American journalists against the DPRK after illegally intruding into it," the news agency reported. "Clinton courteously conveyed to Kim Jong Il an earnest request of the U.S. government to leniently pardon them and send them back home from a humanitarian point of view. "The meetings had candid and in-depth discussions on the pending issues between the DPRK and the U.S. in a sincere atmosphere and reached a consensus of views on seeking a negotiated settlement of them." The report said Clinton then conveyed a message from President Obama "expressing profound thanks for this and reflecting views on ways of improving the relations between the two countries." - - - At first I doubted that Clinton administered the Lewinsky (a.k.a. "diplomacy") himself, till I saw the photo. Kim Jong never looked happier, smiling ear-to-ear and looking pretty spry for a guy on his deathbed, while Clinton's face looks a bit sour... Ah, diplomacy! For some reason, tyrants love it. Let's see, we'll give you back two journalists we've kidnapped, and you'll... promise to completely cave on a bunch of issues involving our violations of international law. A win-win for everyone! - Bob [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
