[linear]

Yes, obviously the best way to deter your enemies is to give them exactly what they want...

[Sir Gawain]

Annan is an idiot of course.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Annan is conducting "diplomatic jihad" against America as he always has......pondering his relevance, I wonder if when he goes home to Ghana he will advocate the use of toilet paper?

[maquiladora]

Theres nothing surprising about this. The only way that there will be military action is if NK launches an attack first.

[Little Ray]

Maybe we should just ignore 'em. Something to the effect of:
"The gub'mint of North Korea has failed to negotiate in good faith. We are discontinuing any aid to that benighted nation and will have no further contact with them until they, through extraordinary actions, demonstrate sincere, good intentions."
"Until then, let 'em starve and freeze in the dark."

[claptrap]

Bolstering defenses is telling the enemy you have no offense.
Bush is frozen, he should be promising sure and swift destruction of North Korea.
Kicking Annan and his gang of goons out of New York.
Withdrawing all diplomats and letting other countries deal with meanfaced angry Air Force and Army Generals.
Im sick of all this crap.

[pollywog]

I really don't think it would be wise for our President to come out and disclose a all out war or even a threat of it, with NK at a " news conference" . A war of this nature would be well underway before we would have a press conference announcing it!!......I would expect if this is the case, President Bush would come out and just make a statement. " We are dropping bombs as I speak"!!!!

[roaddog727]

Maybe Koffi Annan should hold 1 on 1 talks with N. Korea.

ROTFLMAO!

[rhombus]

As Bush spoke, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the United States to hold one-on-one talks with North Korea, something the U.S. has refused to do.

What a fool. Why don't we just disband the U.N. if countries are supposed to have one-on-one talks.

[AliVeritas]

When DOES Annan leave?

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the United States to hold one-on-one talks with North Korea"

Kofi needs to show his financing docs or shut the hell up. He needs to have a one-on-one talks with an IRS agent and Assistant Attorney General.

[conservativecorner]

And do we really expect the President to telegraph his every move?

[tobyhill]

It's not our job Annan! It is all the SC's job to hold NK to honor their previous agreements. STFU Annan!

[Congressman Billybob]

The safest approach to anything said by Kofi Annan is that the truth is the opposite of what he says. It may also be corrupt, dishonest, and immoral. And it will always be presented in a fog of nice-sounding words.

Did I miss anything?

Congressman Billybob

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Please see my most recent new statement on running for Congress, here.

[MindBender26]

HEADLINE IS ALL WRONG!!!!!

Read story again: >WASHINGTON - President Bush called Wednesday for stiff sanctions on North Korea for its reported nuclear test and asserted that the United States has "no intentions of attacking" the reclusive regime.

In a Rose Garden news conference, Bush said the United States remains committed to diplomacy, but also "reserves all options to defend our friends in the region."

-end of prior story-

Translation to "Texas Speak"

In "Diplomacy Speak" "no intentions" means we're not going to do it today, and maybe not tomorrow, but we are 1/10 millimeter away from doing something militarily to FU up real bad.

"Reserves all options" = We can do anything we want
"Defend friends in region" = And we can do it just because we feel like it.

This is by no means an easy msg for DPRK.

[kstewskis]

Does anyone remember, after his speech right after 9/11, when Bush mentioned "The axis of evil, Iraq, Iran and North Korea?"...and the left completely soiled their shorts over that comment?

Bush knew it then...of course, the focus has been the WOT in Iraq since then (aside from the multilateral talks with NK) , but now they're raising a stink about Bush "ignoring" NK?

How pathetically typical of the left! If these people weren't so dangerous if they ever regained complete power in this country, it would be laughable to even consider them seriously.

[Edgerunner]

If we listen to Annan about ANYTHING, we will have to replace those who listen!

[Sender]

I will probably be flamed for this, but why not go ahead and talk with Lil'Kim one on one? Why not have a bourbon and rice and lay out the true picture for Kim? Man to man, mano a mano. It's like this, Kim. You starve your own people and now are destabilizing the region. We have no desire to kick your ass, but rest assured we can and we will if you push this too far. Have another spring roll there Kim, I'll have one too. So you like fast cars and James Bond movies? Well Kim, it's been nice but I gotta go. Don't forget, we have missiles targeted on you at all times. Anything flies over Japan or South Korea, we might just get twitchy. Thanks for the good time.

[ol painless]

Bush could invite Kim Jong Il to the White House for 1 on 1 talks.

[dirtboy]

The modern liberal is able to simulataneously decry Bush for going it alone in Iraq and not going it alone with North Korea.

What liberals really want is situations where the US is at a disadvantage, but they're not honest enough to say that.