Posted on 01/05/2011 2:38:35 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea: Not the Time for Talks
Restarting negotiations after the recent deadly attack on South Korea will be seen as a sign of weakness.
By JOHN BOLTON
President Obama's North Korea policy has come to an entirely predictable dead end. Having for two years correctly resisted resuming the six party talks on the North's nuclear-weapons program, Mr. Obama is now pressuring South Korea to do just that. This is a significant mistake. It would have been bad enough had Mr. Obama simply picked up where the Bush administration left off in January 2009, but restarting the talks now will signal weakness and indecisiveness.
Since Mr. Obama's inauguration, Pyongyang has detonated its second nuclear device and launched two unprovoked military attacks—torpedoing a South Korean naval vessel last March and shelling Yeonpyeong Island in November, killing several civilians. Even more significant was the revelation of large, sophisticated uranium-enrichment facilities at Yongbyon, and construction there of a new nuclear reactor to replace the existing aged facility.
Resuming the six party talks, which include the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and America, clearly has global ramifications. Pyongyang and Tehran have cooperated closely on ballistic missiles and almost certainly on nuclear matters, as the North's construction of a reactor in Syria, destroyed by Israel in 2007, demonstrates. It has long been a mistake to treat these rogue states as unrelated threats, a point that still eludes the Obama administration.
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” Since Mr. Obama’s inauguration, Pyongyang has detonated its second nuclear device and launched two unprovoked military attacks—torpedoing a South Korean naval vessel last March and shelling Yeonpyeong Island in November, killing several civilians. Even more significant was the revelation of large, sophisticated uranium-enrichment facilities at Yongbyon, and construction there of a new nuclear reactor to replace the existing aged facility. “
.... guess dear leader wants mambership in obambi’s gay bath house
Love this guy.
And people don’t want him for President? He has more foreign policy experience in his head than Obama has in his finger!
That’s sayin’ something.
Love this guy.
And people don’t want him for President? He has more foreign policy experience in his head than Obama has in his finger!
That’s sayin’ something.
LLS
Easy answer: President Palin should give John Bolton a big role in foreign policy, and no role in domestic policy.
I'd really like to know who pays his bills, to be frank.
a) Were the Six Party Beijing talks a success?
If "NO", then WHY THE HELL ARE WE REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKE WITH THOSE WHO WILL NOT KEEP THEIR WORD AND WILL CHEAT AND USE THE TIME TO BUILD UP ARSENAL, AND INSISTING ON RESUMPTION OF THESE.
If "YES", prove it! Prove it! Prove it was successful! Did the Norks disarm? Did they carry out the contract to the letter? Provide it, dammit!!
He will come around. If he runs for President, he will come around. Believe me. Then two of the biggest objections would be removed. I personally think he would make a great President, particuarly on this issue.
We need Bolton as Secretary of State to fumigate the State Department.
They are now denying that they have ever leaned on Lee Myung-bak, SK pres. I don’t believe it.
SoS would be outstanding... he would clean out that nest of commies and muzzie lovers.
LLS
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