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| Republicans join calls for direct talks over Korean nukes | |
| 2006-10-23 | |
| TWO leading Republican senators joined Democrats yesterday in calling for direct talks between the US and North Korea aimed at easing a nuclear standoff. Senator Richard Lugar, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, said direct talks, which North Korea has long coveted and which the Bush administration refuses, are “inevitable if this is to be resolved diplomatically”. Calls for such talks have grown louder following North Korea’s nuclear test on October 9 and as diplomats worry about a second detonation. The US says it will only have such talks during six-nation negotiations meant to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear programmes. Those talks have been stalled for nearly a year.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 What is it that these morons do not comprehend about "NO BILATERAL TALKS"? China is the "eminence grise" behind all of this and only the six-way talks even have a pretense of making headway. Bilateral talks are nothing but the equivalent of international blackmail. To embolden Kim Jong-il even another scintilla works against everything being sought. The real call should not be for bilateral talks, but instead for severe economic sanctions against China by the global community. Unfortunately, neither any of our own politicians nor those abroad have the collective courage or wisdom to punish the communist Chinese for exacerbating Asian security and global nuclear proliferation. China must be held directly responsible for enabling Kim's crimes against humanity. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-23 17:07 |
| #3 I've finally come to the conclusion that all those bastards are either crazy or not paying attention. At this point in time, I'm equally inclined to believe that their convictions are based on embarrassing photos and disgusting IM's |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-23 05:56 |
| #2 Fred, great pic of Kimmy at the link. Looks like he's preparing to french kiss Madam Halfbright |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-10-23 01:09 |
| #1 RINOs and donks wanta do it like Halfbright and fellow Clintonoids |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-10-23 01:08 |