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Exactly.... Do we really want to put ourselves in a position to sign a "security agreement" with the DPRK for the assure the longevity of the Kim regime?? -- a criminal regime which tells its people it's good to starve for the dear leader while he sips imported cognac and cavorts with his little pleasure team of local and imported women in Pyongyang. Granted, we had to cut some deals with some less-than-desireable regimes during the Cold War for what we perceived to be the greater good -- but to cut a deal with this bizarre little terrorist regime which is slaughtering and torturing its own people and proliferating weapons to the highest bidder, just out of concern for another country's economic concerns (a country where the current president rode to power on a wave of anti-American sentiment, with such noteable quotes as, "So what if I am anti-American?") does not make any sense. Why is President Roh praising China for its role as a mediator in "helping both North Korea and the United States take a step back in compromise"? Is he saying that the heroes of Tienammen are a moderating force to help us calm down and rationally examine the situation. Is he equating the govt of the US, his ally, with Pyongyang, and reveling in his role, with China, as the wise man on the mountain (forgive me if I'm missing something here, but isn't NK's ultimate goal to undermine the SOUTH KOREAN government, through subversion and/or military force, to occupy all of the Korean peninsula? -- hasn't that been their publicly stated goal for the last fifty-some-odd years?; isn't their whole current beef with the US a ploy to get the US off the Korean peninsula as the first step in achieving this aim?). How does Roh get off in passing himself off as an unconcerned party and great arbiter of "peace" -- is he, or is he not, our ally, and the one who actually has his butt in the fire??? If he doesn't want to act as our ally, and wants to be Ghandi, than the logical conclusion is that it's time for us to get off the peninsula and let have a go at his peace diplomacy.

China can end this anytime they want to.