Posted on 04/05/2009 2:22:50 PM PDT by Syncro
<*snip*
RICE: ...(W)e have 15 members of the Security Council and -- including the permanent five, so we all need to come together around this. But the United States' view is..., it's a violation, and it merits and appropriately strong United Nations response. We'll be… STEPHANOPOULOS: You mentioned...
RICE: ...working for that.
STEPHANOPOULOS: *snip* China has made it pretty clear they don't want any sanctions. And because of that, your predecessor, John Bolton, says that any kind of U.N. resolution is going to be close to meaningless.
JOHN BOLTON, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO U.N.: I think the real pressure has to be applied on China, which gives North Korea 80 to 90 percent of its energy and a substantial amount of its food and other humanitarian needs.
China has got the capability to stop this nuclear program, we've just never applied adequate pressure to them.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Is the United States prepared to pressure China?
RICE: We're working very closely with China. China shares the same goal that we do, which is a de-nuclearized Korean Peninsula. China also is very proximate, on the border with North Korea, and shares our desire not to see this situation escalate, and to ensure that we can achieve, George, the long-term goal, which is de- nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through the six-party talk process.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But because China is right on the border of North Korea, they've been reluctant to really pressure North Korea. They're afraid that if you turn the screws too hard on North Korea, the regime is going to collapse and there's going to be chaos.
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Rice is as dumb as obama and in her job for much the same reasons
A talking head ion Fox said China is concerned that North Korea will let millions of refugees cross the border into China.
Rice is as dumb as obama and in her job for much the same reasons.......
But she uses big and important sounding words like “proximate”. Not only is China proximate, it is very proximate
She imitates what a real diplomat does
Same as 0gabe imitates what a president talks like. 0gabe sure sounds like he knows what’s going on...LOL or at least his teleprompter does
Berger would keep Nato viable at any cost, Bolton would not.“Nato’s credibility is on the line,” said Sandy Berger, who served as national security adviser during the Clinton administration. “Nato needs to succeed in Afghanistan,” Berger added in an interview. “If it doesn’t, it really does undermine the vitality of the alliance.”
Or as John Bolton put it: “Ironically, the risk here is that Afghanistan looked like the future of Nato. It could become its graveyard.” A former US ambassador to the United Nations for George Bush, Bolton added that, “It’s in our interest to keep Nato viable. But it’s not in our interest to keep Nato viable at any cost.”
I thought Sandy "Burglar" Burger disappeared after doing Clinton's dirty work and getting away with it.
Oh that's right, he got away with it...
Believe me, China and South Korea are terrified by that prospect. Absolutely terrified!!
NK has 24 million people, roundly the population of Florida plus Alabama. If the ChiComs are up to playing tag with our subs, surely they can handle a few starving people.
Exactly. More puff balls.
The Burglar, BTW, went to a hedge fund that blew up before setting up his current influence peddling shop.
They supply about 80% of their energy and much of their food.
Yes, they do not want them coming into China.
If you control the energy of a country to the extent that China does with N. Korea, you can control their destiny with the flip of a switch.
They do not want a united Korea that looks like South Korea.
Bolton is someone you can not only trust, but you can bank on.
I would love to see him back in his element, kicking liberal @ss.
And an AMEN on both points
You forgot Andy Bernard.
I can't believe he got away with it after the way the Republicans stood up in indignation, then made a campaign issue out of it.
Oh yeah...
I like our Rice better.
"They're afraid that if you turn the screws too hard on North Korea, the regime is going to collapse and there's going to be chaos.Is that what they're calling democracy these days?
The GOP is it’s own worse enemy.
It's the end product of democracy.
Democracy leads to Socialism, which leads to Communism.
The USA is being pushed right past all of that into fascism though it seems.
Anyone who thinks the United Nations can have any sway over North Korea has already lost all credibility with thinking people. When the President says he’s taking the issue to the U.N., you can read that to mean that he’s not going to waste any time worrying about North Korea.
These people are like a pack of monkeys who have been given slips of paper with phrases on them. Now and then, they pull out a slip of paper and read what is written on it.
I do not mean to imply they understand either what they are reading nor the consequences of their words.
LLS
Rice of course is seting up
international system
Not only dumb, she used the high school debating method of calling out the opponents name as may times as possible. She said “George” 12 times..What a sophmoric interview—never address the questions.
Unlike Bolton, she is 100% “diplomat speak” - facts are gray not clear, equivocation, noncommittal, lack of judgment of anyone or anything; part of the “can’t we all just get along” crowd.
One can see it clearly. Six Party Talks just stalls for time and allows DPRK more and more time to develop capabilities.
John Bolton is the voice in the wilderness. After the smoke clears and it is safe to go into previously radioactive areas, people will think "what were we thinking! Why didnt we listen to that guy?"
And as for BOTH RICES (CONDOLEEZA and now SUSAN), they are the BIGGEST APPEASERS of NORTH KOREA YOU CAN FIND ON THE PLANET. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.
Yup.
I prefer mine in black bean sauce.
I always appreciate your insight, AmericanInTokyo.
Just feel bad about Sandy Burglar goign to Cornell.
Kooky Keith only went to the Cornell Agricultural School.
Big deal. But he namedrops Cornell every chance he gets.
AIT-you are so right.
We have been poorly served by the usual State Dept. employees and appointees.
Bolton has been a shining light and continues to be, even though he is no longer directly involved.
Is there no one in DC that is for America?
Truer words were never spoken!! The man is a stalwart giant among pygmies.
As you observed, we need him "on point".
I am a PROUD alum of the New York State College of Agriculture! That’s the name *I* drop at cocktail parties, because NO ONE KNOWS New York even has an Ag College. ;)
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