China Says North Korea Will Offer To Scrap Nuke Program If USA Changes Their Attitude

Reuters ^ | 4/28/2003 | Reuters

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April 28

— BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea offered to scrap its nuclear program during talks with the United States in Beijing last week if Washington dropped its hostile attitude, Western diplomats briefed by a Chinese official said on Monday.

North Korea also offered to suspend ballistic missile tests and stop missile exports, said the diplomats who asked not to be identified.

Pyongyang also offered to let nuclear inspectors into the country, they quoted the official as saying.

The briefing by China's top North Korea expert was a rare move by China, which hosted the April 23-25 talks in the hope of ending a nuclear standoff between Washington and Pyongyang.

North Korea backed down from its previous insistence on bilateral talks with the United States and told U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly it had no preferences for any particular format for negotiations, the diplomats said.

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[Doctor Stochastic]

Change our attitude? What do they want us to do? Remove the top 1000 feet of Pike's Peak?

[theDentist]

And I believe them. They wouldn't lie to us again. We can trust them entirely {/sarcasm}

[sarasota]

Oh please. The attitude that needs adjusting is theirs. And we have just the military to take care of it.

[LurkedLongEnough]

if Washington dropped its hostile attitude

This sounds like Barbra Streisand, not a government, talking.

[freedomcrusader]

Our attitude wasn't so hostile until they violated various treaties and started devleoping nukes.

These folks are dangerously insane.

[TheBattman]

Attitude? Who has been threatening who with a nuclear attack?

[LiteKeeper]

Huh???

[ZULU]

Yeah, we should change our "attitude".

Tell the little b@stards that unless they disarm we will bunker bust their nuke plants.

[epluribus_2]

They want us to be run by cynically selfish politicrats who will sign any treaty in order to get more votes. Sorry NK, that sort of President/Administration was run out of town a fews years back and won't be return in your glorious idiot leader's lifetime.

[sinkspur]

This brings to mind Jack Nicholson, playing Col. Nathan Jessup in A FEW GOOD MEN, when Tom Cruise asked him for the discharge papers of a dead marine:

You have to ask me nicely. I've earned it. You ask me nicely.

[SunStar]

China Says North Korea Will Offer To Scrap Nuke Program If USA Changes Their Attitude

Our attitude is based on your nuke program, idiots!

[Charles Martel]

North Korea offered to scrap its nuclear program during talks with the United States in Beijing last week if Washington dropped its hostile attitude.

Translation: Pay up.

This is about the fifth way that the same message has been phrased.

[Zavien Doombringer]

ALL YOUR ATTITUDES ARE BELONG TO US!
YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE, MAKE YOUR TIME!

HAHAHAHAHA

[Brilliant]

We should change our attitude. No more Mr. Nice guy.

[HELLRAISER II]

Drop our hostile attitude? Oh I see, they want us to give them their Blackmail money without complaining or asking questions, I get it.

[blackdog]

If the definition of "Changing Hostile Attitude" means that the US must feed, clothe, house, educate, all the masses of NK and provide a cash stipend to every NK leader and his henchmen......

I think We should pass thank you!

[RightWhale]

Translation: Pay up.

In employee anuual performance reviews something called attitude used to be evaluated. Good attitude, poor attitude. No longer. Attitude can't be quantified when done by an unqualified person such as a manager and isn't appropriate as a measure of performance.

Extending such psychological terminology to international relations is likewise inappropriate. But getting down to brass tacks is appropriate. Can N Kor be bought off?

[SomeCallMeTim]

This is actually quite interesting news... because it completely contradicts what the US envoy came out saying. Our side said, "NK didn't offer to allow inspectors of any sort, and NK never offered to completely end their nuclear program."

Now the Chinese delegate says something different. Which story is true? Is this the reason we wanted the Chinese to attend? So they could gang up against us? What gives??

[kidd]

read: The Chinese are going to make them stop their nuke program anyway.