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2008-05-02 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by ryuge 2008-05-02 06:30|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Bush is an idiot: Throughout his presidency, George W. Bush has tried pretty much everything to get North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to come out of his cage. He has tried to coerce him with economic sanctions and schoolboy bluster a policy course that ended in 2006, when Kim tested a nuclear weapon, precisely the opposite of the result Bush intended. Since then, the Administration has tried bribery, offering blandishments like free food and fuel oil in hopes that North Korea would stand down its nuclear program.

Maybe not so dumb. The conclusion of the article: But bribing Kim is the only realistic strategy. When the next U.S. Administration takes over in January, it's going to come to the same conclusion whether the President is named McCain, Obama or Clinton.

Why? Because Time Magazine says so.

Posted by Bobby 2008-05-02 11:53|| 2008-05-02 11:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Millions for defense, but not one cent tribute.

Posted by DoDo 2008-05-02 12:14|| 2008-05-02 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I remember 'Road to Morocco', 'Road to Zanzibar', and 'Road to Bali', but I don't recall Hope & Crosby doing Damascus.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-05-02 12:36|| 2008-05-02 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought Madeline Albright and Bill Clinton proved pretty conclusively that bribing Kim does NOT work. Starving them seems a much better way to me. At least if their troops are malnourished they won't be as much of a threat.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-05-02 14:59|| 2008-05-02 14:59|| Front Page Top

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