In Search of a North Korea Policy [Clinton Team Responds To North Korean Situation]

The Washington Post ^ | October 11, 2006 | William J. Perry

[John Carey]

North Korea's declared nuclear bomb test program will increase the incentives for other nations to go nuclear, will endanger security in the region and could ultimately result in nuclear terrorism. While this test is the culmination of North Korea's long-held aspiration to become a nuclear power, it also demonstrates the total failure of the Bush administration's policy toward that country. For almost six years this policy has been a strange combination of harsh rhetoric and inaction.

President Bush, early in his first term, dubbed North Korea a member of the "axis of evil" and made disparaging remarks about Kim Jong Il. He said he would not tolerate a North Korean nuclear weapons program, but he set no bounds on North Korean actions.

The most important such limit would have been on reprocessing spent fuel from North Korea's reactor to make plutonium. The Clinton administration declared in 1994 that if North Korea reprocessed, it would be crossing a "red line," and it threatened military action if that line was crossed. The North Koreans responded to that pressure and began negotiations that led to the Agreed Framework. The Agreed Framework did not end North Korea's aspirations for nuclear weapons, but it did result in a major delay. For more than eight years, under the Agreed Framework, the spent fuel was kept in a storage pond under international supervision.

[Jackson Brown]

The Agreed Framework did not end North Korea's aspirations for nuclear weapons, but it did result in a major delay.

No it did not. It just made them create a parallel program. Mean time the resources given to them to do MORE, not less. How lame is this defense of Clinton. Clinton didn't even demand that NK transfer the rods from their main reactor to a third party, as was part of the agreement.

[paratrooper82]

America had better stop calling the terrorist names! They are going to get real mad at us! Look what Bush did when he called N Korea an "axis of evil" and then called Kim names! Now they are testing nuclear weapons, and it is all Bush's fault!

This is like saying, don't tell the pedophiles to stop raping the children, they will only get mad and rape more of our children!

What a stupid, warped liberal dummycrat. This is a perfect example of why Americans cannot allow Democrats to gain any more power in this Country, and cannot be trusted with the security of our great Nation! This kind of thinking, or the lack thereof, is why we are in the situation with N Korea, and with Iran!

If there was ever a reason for registering, and voting this November - it is crap like this out of the Democratic liberal socialist wacko's mouths.

Apeasement DOES NOT WORK LIBERALS

[John Carey]

Good for you: Thanks.

[xtinct]

One fact remains clear...if Clinton, Albright, Carter hadn't given the North Koreans that nuclear technology plus the $4 billion to get them started in their quest to destroy America...Kim Jon-Il would not have any bombs to test or threaten its neighbors (Japan, South Korea, China).

Clearly - it's Clinton's fault.

[sinanju]

So the author admits Clinton's Agreed Framework was a failure but insists it slowed down Li'l Kim's nuke program by switching him from plutonium to uranium. It's just that Bush so disrespected the Chia pet that he just had to crank things up again.

I at least not that unlike the other article in yesterday's Post that this writer does not suggest with a straight face that all we need to do is just be nice to Kim and give him everything his little heart desires.

[cricket]

Disparaging remarks about Kim Jong Il? How, really does one disparage a human being, such as this. . .

. . .another, Reason-impaired Liberal gives witness to the toll of mind-numbing/judgment-eroding Political Correctness. . .

[hnj_00]

"So the author admits Clinton's Agreed Framework was a failure but insists it slowed down Li'l Kim's nuke program by switching him from plutonium to uranium. It's just that Bush so disrespected the Chia pet that he just had to crank things up again"

General Tommy Franks stated exactly what the clintoon plan for north korea was...he called it, "kick the can down the road" philoosphy...in other words, exactly what clinton and his dope albright did...appease the little jerk in north korea with food/money/light water nuke technology and have it become someone else's problem down the road...of course ten years later...Bush inherited the problem....now the msm and lib/dems (one & the same) are trying to blame Bush!!!!

[Nip]

I wonder how many of the readers of the Washington Post realize that being the Secretary of Defense 1993 - 1997 means you were Clinton’s Secretary of Defense and, therefore, have a reason to blame someone else for the majot military crises facing us today?

[LibLieSlayer]

klintoon and his demons are so demented and so inept that they believe to this day that the North Koreans told them the truth and everything was hunky dory... except allbright and 'toon were warned in a 1999 CIA report that North Korea had violated their agreement from the moment it was signed, and processed fuel rods in a parallel program. In 1999, the CIA stated that they had between 2 and 3 devices with more being made. BOTH REUFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REPORT AND IGNORED THE REPORT... JUST LIKE THE PDA ON bin laden!

Someone posted this report here yesterday!

LIARS, LIARS, LIARS!!!!!!

LLS

[Eagles6]

I just heard sandy "is that a classified document in your pants or are you happy to see me?" burglar mouth the same lies, except he neglected to mention the uranium program.

Team clinton is in full revisionist history mode. The msm will tell the same lies and the sheep will blame President Bush for the dog eating porno king acquireing nukes.

[Nextrush]

Kim Jong Il and the Democrats spout the same line of direct talks between the US and North Korea.

For now at least, there's wide agreement on sanctions against North Korea, not the Clinton Debacle, Part 2.

[airborne]

Good analogy!

Welcome to FreeRepublic, brother!

[sgtbono2002]

Does the Washington Post get their columns from the DU or does the DU get their talking points from the Washingto Post.

That is the question.