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| China rules out sanctions for North Korea |
| 2005-05-11 |
| China on Tuesday ruled out applying economic or political sanctions to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, appearing to undercut a crucial element of the Bush administration's evolving North Korea strategy. The announcement comes just as American intelligence agencies are trying to determine whether North Korea is preparing for a nuclear test. Echoing President Bush's public comments, the Chinese said in a briefing on Tuesday that they still hoped that talks with North Korea would succeed in disarming the country, even though it has boycotted those talks for 11 months. Liu Jianchao, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Tuesday that China rejected suggestions that it should reduce oil or food shipments to North Korea, calling them part of its normal trade with its neighbor that should be separate from the nuclear problem. "The normal trade flow should not be linked up with the nuclear issue," he said. "We oppose trying to address the problem through strong-arm tactics." Beijing's apparent unwillingness to go along with Mr. Bush's backup plan to squeeze North Korea takes away the crucial pressure point that Mr. Bush's aides have been counting on. It also suggests that the strategy of threatening to go to the United Nations Security Council - which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun to discuss - could fail. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Between now and 2020 is Clinton time, aka amongst other things as Betty Crocker, Easy-Bake-Oven, "Girley Man" Communism, espec for America. The US DemLeft > are no Democrats anymore, only American, alleged Repubs, Rightists, and pseudo GOP-Rightists for [Leftist]Socialism, Empire,SWO/CWO and OWG, i.e. Regulation and Protection, Govt-based control and more Govt-based control. There are only Rightist and alleged "Rightist" anti-Unitarian/Unformitarians Unitarians-Uniformists.The Commies want and prefer CONVENTIONAL WAR, or in the alt MOSTLY CONVENTIONAL WAR(S)WITH LIMITED [TACTICAL][REGION-SPECIFIC] NUKE-WMD ESCALATION - the more protracted, casualty-intensive, and anti-USA the better, more PC for the Commie Clintons and Socialist Amerika. The objective, for now, is NOT to militarily/absolutely destroy America, but to PC "force" Washington DC to defer all matters of national or state policy to the Global Govt, aka Moscow-Beijing. America MUST create global empire and modernize the world while NOT being allowed to govern or control its own newfound Empire - to this end, the Chicome will NOT stop at only Taiwan, as they must eliminate any and all forms of Western democracy, Capitalism, State(s) sovereignty/Republicism, and US influence in Asia and around the world. The Commies and Lefties are in "the Final Struggle/Conflict" mode, WE ARE IN A "KILL OR BE KILLED" SITUATION - the Left is intent on killing America and the West no matter how rational, reasonable, and or appeasing the Right is to the Left. Like any Warlord or predatory Bandit-Slaver, you either give them your food, women, wealth and properties, or they'll destroy the town, your people, and the countryside. The Failed Left > either Concessions and Unconditional Power; OR ITS GLOBAL, WORLD-ANNIHILATING NUKE WAR!? ITS NOT ENOUGH ANYMORE TO MERELY CONTAIN THE LEFT AND COMMIES!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-05-11 22:58 |
| #5 I didn't expect the Chinese to push too hard on this. No real surprise there. I agree that an appeal to the UN is probably a waste of time. Taiwan is also not anybody's to trade. It's clear the carrot didn't work. So I guess it's time for these guys get the stick... |
| Posted by: WITT 2005-05-11 20:36 |
| #4 Taiwan deserves our efforts if only as the first front in the Sino-American WW3 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-11 17:56 |
| #3 The Chinese are walkin' the walk, but are soul mates with the Commie Kimmies. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-05-11 17:34 |
| #2 Taiwan belongs to itself. It isn't ours to trade. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-11 14:20 |
| #1 They should trade Kim to China for Taiwan. He would be guaranteed we won't annihilate him, protected by Chinese nukes in exchange for his and information. He's not as intelligent as the turbans and he obviously has the technology, probably from Khan, and may have exported missiles to terrorists already. The major drug bust near Australia a while back was a fluke and we really have no idea what he's already shipped. Sanctions only hurt the peasants who already are in dire staits and the UN so ineffective that the Security Council is no plan at all. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2005-05-11 10:39 |