Posted on 10/19/2006 8:16:01 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday. "If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks," Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy, the mass- circulation Chosun Ilbo reported, citing a diplomatic source in China.
Kim told the Chinese delegation that "he is sorry about the nuclear test," the newspaper reported.
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Unwittingly...?
Has the draintream media gotten to you, that you have such a low opinion of our Bush Administration and national intelligence?
The only words in the article that are Kims, are the "quoted" ones. the rest are the reporters assumption/spin. Compare this story to others.
He is not "sorry" he conducted nuclear tests. He never "regrets' doing them, in fact those aren't his words at all. The entire first paragraph are the opinion of the writer.
That's not even remotely the most signifant thing going on here, nor in the article.
Quiz question: The president of what country has been pushing China to pressure North Korea about all this?
IF Bush gives in to his demands, the same demands he wanted since Bush came into office, and he wants them despite the fact he restarted his nuclear program, and expelled UN inspectors. He wants these new sanctions halted as well.
He will NOT stop doing wwhat he is doing if Bush gives him the consessions he's asking for, he's saying he will then only sit down and talk after getting them.
That's Bullsh%t, but media is spinning it like it's some breakthrough and concession on kims part.
China must have really spanked his big fat @$$.
I give up. People are blind. China did absolutely nothing.
Pretty clearly, it seems to me, this is a very significant step in allowing China and the US to enter into the step-by-step unraveling of both NK's nuclear steps and the US/UN sanctions. These things are done in multiple phases and communiques within phases.
We'll know much more after Rice's visit with the Beijing Mafia.
China dragged NK by the ear to the first 6 party talks. Providing 90% of the oil NK uses & about 50% of their grain imports gives China a lot of leverage over NK.
The "back door" deal would be what the US did to get China to use its leverage. Getting Washington to back off from economically isolating NK kinda looks like China told NK that American pressure was going to work if NK didn't quit dinking around.
"I agree. It makes China look like the new superpower of the world."
Why? It's just a handler reigning in their dog. Big deal.
Would we do that before or after Canada surrendered to him?
NO THEY DIDN'T !
"If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks," Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy,
Tell me, what are the issues here? What did Kim il Dong have to do in order for Bush to give N korea things they want?
Who refused to sit down and discuss them? It wasn't Bush. It was Kim. It was Bush who insisted they be tri-lateral talks at min. In Order for kim to get ANYTHING from the USA, they have to do what? HINT: STOP their nuclear program.
Bush is NOT going to give Kim Ding Dong concessions just so he will sit down and talk. He has to earn talks and rewards by halting his nuclear program
What did Kim il Dong have to do in order for Bush to give N korea things they want?
NK walked away from the 6 party talks, not the US. A concession on the part of the US would be 2 party talks. I don't see anything about them, instead I see something about "international nuclear talks".
Who refused to sit down and discuss them?
NK walked away from the 6 party talks.
The US upped it's pressure on NK, via threats of further economic isolation to get them back to 6 party talks, AKA "international" talks. NK folded to avoid *additional* economic isolation. Japan refused NK ships this past week. China probably asked Kim if he wanted to continue getting any oil through them & somehow it's being reported that the US is making a concession to NK.
China takes NK to the woodshed...FINALLY!
Yeah, we've been real effective in that regard lately. Iran has really listened to us. Iraq was fun. China did not move because of us. If they did then they's also have helped with Iran, Iraq, etc.
bingo
Sorry, I disagree. Nobody tells China what to do. They have made that clear. Maybe they don't want nukes in Japan and the South.
If we held sway over China, they would have been more help in runn up to Iraq.
We look like paper tigers making empty threats and China sends a freaking ENVOY and the idiot caves like a sinkhole. No, we look like hell.
Regards, Ivan
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