Yesterday Condi Rice explained to Brit so clearly why the US will not engage in one-on-one talks with North Korea. She said NK can't so easily renig (sp) on talks that include China and South Korea, they don't want to alienate China and South Korea by lying to them in talks. But lying to just the US doesn't bother them at all.
Rice also explained that the US does communicate with NK under the auspices of the unilateral talks that include China, South Korea and Japan, a fact never mentioned by Bush critics.
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| But lying to just the US doesn't bother them at all. That was the most significant new bit of information I've learned about our policy towards N. Korea in quite a while. I never thought of it before and it makes perfect sense. It's one of those points that are simply impossible to argue against. |