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China-Japan-Koreas
White House Won't Undo N. Korea Sanctions
2006-01-04
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration on Tuesday rejected a North Korean demand that it lift sanctions as a way of possibly resuming stalled nuclear disarmament talks.
The two issues are unrelated, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. "I don't see in what way they are preventing North Korea from going back to the six-party talks."

The sanctions were imposed for alleged currency counterfeiting and other illegal activities.

"While under U.S. sanctions, it's impossible to sit face-to-face and discuss abandoning our nuclear deterrent," said the Rodong Sinmun, the North's ruling Workers Party newspaper, in a Korean-language commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. "The U.S. sanctions are obviously the fundamental element that disrupts the six-party talks," the newspaper said.
We wouldn't sit face-to-face with you even if the sanctions weren't in place.
McCormack said it was important and reasonable for the United States to protect American currency. "We, the United States, as well as other countries are going to take steps to stop, inhibit or prevent illicit activities," he said.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  I guess I'm missing the point of treating these dinks like a real nation. NK is a leftover of the Eisenhower containment strategy for China. Now that Cam Rhan Bay and Subic are gone, the only barrier outpost remaining is SK and the north wants their industry too much to move against them.

Another 'strategic legacy' better left behind. Pull the aid.
Posted by: Skidmark   2006-01-04 02:55  

#1  I dont understand why we are giving any aid humanitarian or otherwise. The humanitarian goes to feed the military then the loyal areas while the people we would like to support are starved. If we cut off all aid totally even the loyal Norks and the military would suffer and maybe just maybe the tipping point would actually come. If the Snorks want to prop up Kimmy let them pay for it.

I know innocents will suffer but by giving them any aid at all just prolongs the pain its not pretty but reality rarely ever is.
Posted by: C-Low   2006-01-04 00:52  

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