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"Salvaging Our North Korea Policy" (Critiques Failed BUSH Admin. Approach) - JOHN BOLTON
Wall Street Journal ^ | 17 March 2008 | John R. Bolton

Posted on 03/17/2008 5:43:27 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo

Salvaging Our North Korea Policy.... By JOHN R. BOLTON There are signs, albeit small ones, that the Bush administration may be reaching the end of its patience with the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. These signs could prove illusory. But as it nears its end, the administration has a serious responsibility: It must not leave its successor with an ongoing, failed policy. At a minimum, President Bush should not bequeath to the next president only the burned-out hulk of the Six-Party Talks, and countless failed and violated North Korean commitments. Since they were conceived in spring 2003, the Six-Party Talks have stumbled around inconclusively. And for the last 13 months, Pyongyang has ignored, stalled, renegotiated and violated the Feb. 13, 2007 agreement.

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To: AmericanInTokyo
John Bolton was the same dope who criticized the Bush administration for recognizing Kosovo -- and this after he was one of a very small group of so-called conservatives WHO HAD OPENLY SUPPORTED THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S MILITARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA.

This fella doesn't have a single shred of credibility left after that one.

21 posted on 03/17/2008 6:35:30 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: SevenofNine

W’s legacity is a 98 Yen dollar.


22 posted on 03/17/2008 6:37:04 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

If McCain announces that Bolton will be his Secretary of State, he will gain some credibility with conservatives. He’ll never do it, of course, because he prefers credibility with liberals.


23 posted on 03/17/2008 7:27:27 PM PDT by Defiant (Hillary as Veep would be Obama's impeachment insurance. Or his death sentence.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I am in full agreement.
24 posted on 03/17/2008 8:52:21 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: Alberta's Child

You are entitled to your viewpoint, even if it represents an extreme minority viewpoint, I will defend your right to say it. Thank you for your input.


25 posted on 03/17/2008 9:02:10 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (AmericanInTokyo: Posting Here Since '98. Christian, American, Conservative, G.O.P., In That Order.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Sheesh, Eric, DO give the “Boy With the Finger in the Dike With the Alfred E. Neuman Grin” at least nine more months. By then the legacy will be up to 85 Yen to the US Dollar.


26 posted on 03/17/2008 9:03:35 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (AmericanInTokyo: Posting Here Since '98. Christian, American, Conservative, G.O.P., In That Order.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; Army Air Corps

>>More accurately, maybe Calvin should be whizzing on a photo of DOS headquarters in Northwest DC. That might be more appropriate.

Maybe just on the text “Foggy Bottom”?


27 posted on 03/18/2008 2:08:45 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; Army Air Corps
Here you go:


28 posted on 03/18/2008 2:23:29 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: FreedomPoster

LOL! What do we owe you??!! That was QUICK!!


29 posted on 03/18/2008 4:47:06 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (AmericanInTokyo: Posting Here Since '98. Christian, American, Conservative, G.O.P., In That Order.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; SevenofNine

Hey you guys, get over here quick. Get a load of THIS! LOL (post #28)...


30 posted on 03/18/2008 4:54:22 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (AmericanInTokyo: Posting Here Since '98. Christian, American, Conservative, G.O.P., In That Order.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Bump!


31 posted on 03/18/2008 5:02:43 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Man, oh man. I remember 365 to 1.


32 posted on 03/18/2008 5:34:53 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Yes, those were the days. Also, I recall 260 to the dollar, too. Those days as well. Lonnnnnnng gone.


33 posted on 03/18/2008 5:51:27 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Dont Blame Me. I Vote For Duncan Hunter, Despite The Quaint Little RINO Blackout Game)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

We were kings. Just didn’t know it.


34 posted on 03/18/2008 5:56:26 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

LOL


35 posted on 03/18/2008 6:21:51 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Glad to be of service!

It might have taken me 10 minutes to find the base image, add the text in Photoshop, upload it, and post it here.


36 posted on 03/18/2008 8:38:03 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Great post.

It's so terribly rare that a pundit of any stripe has the balls to publish a list of specific recommendations.

37 posted on 03/18/2008 8:38:44 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Grovelnator Schwarzenkaiser, fashionable fascism one charade at a time.)
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To: FreedomPoster

That so true LOL!


38 posted on 03/18/2008 10:12:43 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: FreedomPoster

Sweet!


39 posted on 03/18/2008 4:50:06 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps; AmericanInTokyo
From "Team America: World Police" --

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Kim Jong Il: Now you see, the changing of the worrd is inevitabre!

Lisa: I'm sorry, it's what?

Kim Jong Il: Inevit, inevitabre.

Lisa: One more time.

Kim Jong Il: [shouts] Inevitabre! Things are inevitabrey going to change! Goddamnit, open your fucking ears!

40 posted on 03/22/2008 6:33:16 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Obamanation = Abomination)
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