http://freekorea.us/2005/09/20/wake-up-it-was-all-a-dream-2/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2005/09/20/wake-up-it-was-all-a-dream-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17002 OneFreeKorea » Hill: We Have a Deal Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:20:12 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3467#comment-17002 [...] Any wagers on how long this one holds?  The last one didn’t make it for an entire day.  [...] [...] Any wagers on how long this one holds?  The last one didn’t make it for an entire day.  [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2005/09/20/wake-up-it-was-all-a-dream-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14125 OneFreeKorea » Wobble Watch Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:34:40 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3467#comment-14125 [...] It is not wobbly.  Moreover, and remarkably, this statement came from “a senior South Korean official,” speaking on condition of anonymity. That represents a reversal of this view, and a complete refutation of North Korea’s demand for a light-water reactor up front, although South Korea’s positions on such matters have proven to be exceptionally pliable. [...] [...] It is not wobbly.  Moreover, and remarkably, this statement came from “a senior South Korean official,” speaking on condition of anonymity. That represents a reversal of this view, and a complete refutation of North Korea’s demand for a light-water reactor up front, although South Korea’s positions on such matters have proven to be exceptionally pliable. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2005/09/20/wake-up-it-was-all-a-dream-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5190 OneFreeKorea » Two Cheers for Tom Lantos Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:48:28 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3467#comment-5190 [...] As great as this whole reciprocity thing sounds, of course, none of it gets beyond a wispy diplomatic hypothesis if the North Koreans aren’t serious about making any concessions.  And they aren’t. [...] [...] As great as this whole reciprocity thing sounds, of course, none of it gets beyond a wispy diplomatic hypothesis if the North Koreans aren’t serious about making any concessions.  And they aren’t. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2005/09/20/wake-up-it-was-all-a-dream-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4539 OneFreeKorea » The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:18:54 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3467#comment-4539 [...] They sell uranium to Libya, sell missiles to Iran and Syria, renounce or violate every agreement they make, kill “impure” babies, gas kids, put the handicapped in concentration camps, and intentionally starve millions of their people.  And we want to make sure they survive to keep doing that?  My idea of our interests obviously differs from Bill Richardson’s.  The North Koreans have fooled him so many times, he’s obviously beyond any hope of ever realizing it. [...] [...] They sell uranium to Libya, sell missiles to Iran and Syria, renounce or violate every agreement they make, kill “impure” babies, gas kids, put the handicapped in concentration camps, and intentionally starve millions of their people.  And we want to make sure they survive to keep doing that?  My idea of our interests obviously differs from Bill Richardson’s.  The North Koreans have fooled him so many times, he’s obviously beyond any hope of ever realizing it. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2005/09/20/wake-up-it-was-all-a-dream-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3980 OneFreeKorea | Blog Archive » If Only They Had Listened to Us: Fact-Checking the Dems on North Korea Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:22:24 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=3467#comment-3980 [...] This was a bad situation indeed, and it is good that the pretenses to the contrary were at least dropped, and not good that things went no further from there.  Once Kim Jong Il had nukes, it become progressively more apparent that he wasn’t interested in giving them up voluntarily at any price.  I’m still waiting to hear Democratic (or Republican) thinkers propose any involuntary ways to disarm him, since an invasion would be a thousands times as bloody as Iraq.  And when the Bush Administration ultimately signed a deal with North Korea that was too generous to the latter by half, North Korea repudiated it within 24 hours. [...] [...] This was a bad situation indeed, and it is good that the pretenses to the contrary were at least dropped, and not good that things went no further from there.  Once Kim Jong Il had nukes, it become progressively more apparent that he wasn’t interested in giving them up voluntarily at any price.  I’m still waiting to hear Democratic (or Republican) thinkers propose any involuntary ways to disarm him, since an invasion would be a thousands times as bloody as Iraq.  And when the Bush Administration ultimately signed a deal with North Korea that was too generous to the latter by half, North Korea repudiated it within 24 hours. [...]

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