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John Kerry fails "Global Test" on N. Korea nuclear threat during debate
Republican Radio™: The Life of the Party ^ | September 30, 2004 | Republican Radio™

Posted on 09/30/2004 10:58:48 PM PDT by Republican Radio™

Let's look at how North Korea scores on the "Global Test" that Kerry mentioned in tonight's presidential debate:

·Kerry has criticized Bush on the campaign and during tonight's debate for not giving the U.N. and multilateral diplomacy a chance in Iraq before committing to military action

·Kerry said during the debate that "nuclear proliferation" is the biggest threat to America and pointed to North Korea as the major malefactor in that threat

·Since it was discovered North Korea was attempting to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons in October 2002, Bush has used a multilateral diplomatic coalition of at least five nations (USA, China, Japan, South Korea, and Russia) to contain the potential North Korean nuclear threat

·During tonight's debate, Kerry told America that to end North Korea's nuclear proliferation, he would hold bilateral talks rather than using the leverage that China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia would bring to the negotiations

Does this mean that Kerry is doesn't think North Korea's nuclear weapons program passes the "Global Test" to have multilateral talks?

In other words, Kerry said that America should take a unilateral approach (REMEMBER: Taking a "bilateral" approach i.e. having the USA deal directly with threats, has been called "unilateral" by Kerry earlier this month when he said in a campaign speech that Bush "has chosen to move in a unilateral way" in the War on Terror) in dealing with North Korea. Kerry himself described North Korea and "the spread of nuclear weapons was the biggest threat facing the United States" in Thursday night's debate—so why is Kerry willing to squander the international goodwill created by the Bush Administration's diplomats between China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia and "go it alone" with North Korea?


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2004; bush; debates; election; firstdebate; kerry; lie; napalminthemorning; northkorea; republican; republicanradio; theglobaltest; unilateral; wot
Apparently the task John Kerry's campaign will have on Friday morning will be to re-explain and clarify his views on the North Korean nuclear threat…
1 posted on 09/30/2004 10:58:48 PM PDT by Republican Radio™
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