Comments on: Classless Condi http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: U.S., North Korea Find Common Ground in Criticizing Jay Lefkowitz at DPRK Studies http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/comment-page-1/#comment-56221 U.S., North Korea Find Common Ground in Criticizing Jay Lefkowitz at DPRK Studies Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:30:46 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/#comment-56221 [...] Recent Comments • White House Refutes Lefkowitz  1 Michael Sheehan • Gmail vs. Yahoo Mail  6 Michael Sheehan, Mark, Sonagi [...] • Assessing North Korea's Cooperation: Slowly but not Surely   7 Joshua, Michael Sheehan, usinkorea [...] • State Department: North Korea Meets Delisting Criteria  6 Richardson, Ivan, Mark [...] • Hurt Feelings Report  14 combat barbie, Richardson, Mike [...] • Remember the USS Pueblo, 23 January 1968  4 Sonagi, TheChosunHapa, Richardson [...] • Resource: North Korea International Documentation Project  3 Tukhachevsky, Jack, Joshua Asides »  When North Korea criticizes you, it’s a clue you’re doing something right: “ ‘Lefkowitz was recently put into shame for indiscreetly trying to interfere in the nuclear issue,’ North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday.” A bit more shrill, but basically the same message Condi had. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Recent Comments • White House Refutes Lefkowitz  1 Michael Sheehan • Gmail vs. Yahoo Mail  6 Michael Sheehan, Mark, Sonagi [...] • Assessing North Korea’s Cooperation: Slowly but not Surely   7 Joshua, Michael Sheehan, usinkorea [...] • State Department: North Korea Meets Delisting Criteria  6 Richardson, Ivan, Mark [...] • Hurt Feelings Report  14 combat barbie, Richardson, Mike [...] • Remember the USS Pueblo, 23 January 1968  4 Sonagi, TheChosunHapa, Richardson [...] • Resource: North Korea International Documentation Project  3 Tukhachevsky, Jack, Joshua Asides »  When North Korea criticizes you, it’s a clue you’re doing something right: “ ‘Lefkowitz was recently put into shame for indiscreetly trying to interfere in the nuclear issue,’ North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Monday.” A bit more shrill, but basically the same message Condi had. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Wolmae http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/comment-page-1/#comment-56174 Wolmae Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:54:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/#comment-56174 Truth prevails over ideology, and certainly over politics, party, passions, and policy. For truth is eternal, while the rest are ephemeral. More power to Jay, I say. If "ideologically rigid hardliners" like Bush and Condi can, desperately lunging for some semblance of legacy, squeal and subscribe to "peace for our time," who's to say that Lee Myung Bak won't eventually--say, by the summer's end--cave in and buy from Pyonyang "peace with honor"? Surely the "General" in Pyongyang (who never served a day in the military) can tame the South Korean lackey, if he can so deftly toy with the American imperialist? And surely the political windfall in appeasing the General is far greater for Seoul than it is for Washington? The current expectation in Washington that the new President to be in Seoul--who faces an unprecedented pre-inaugural Special Prosecutor probe--will stick to principles and stand up to the General throughout his five-year term seems to me unfounded optimism. Joshua seems to be the only one among American Korea-watchers astute enough--or brave enough--to voice skepticism about Lee MB's propensity for opportunism. Truth prevails over ideology, and certainly over politics, party, passions, and policy. For truth is eternal, while the rest are ephemeral. More power to Jay, I say.

If “ideologically rigid hardliners” like Bush and Condi can, desperately lunging for some semblance of legacy, squeal and subscribe to “peace for our time,” who’s to say that Lee Myung Bak won’t eventually–say, by the summer’s end–cave in and buy from Pyonyang “peace with honor”? Surely the “General” in Pyongyang (who never served a day in the military) can tame the South Korean lackey, if he can so deftly toy with the American imperialist? And surely the political windfall in appeasing the General is far greater for Seoul than it is for Washington? The current expectation in Washington that the new President to be in Seoul–who faces an unprecedented pre-inaugural Special Prosecutor probe–will stick to principles and stand up to the General throughout his five-year term seems to me unfounded optimism. Joshua seems to be the only one among American Korea-watchers astute enough–or brave enough–to voice skepticism about Lee MB’s propensity for opportunism.

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/comment-page-1/#comment-56166 usinkorea Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:43:35 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/#comment-56166 It sure does give me a different view of this picture of Bush shaking hands with the author of Aquariums of Pyongyang: www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/images/20050613-1_p45011-005-515h.jpg Kang should scrub his hand now... It sure does give me a different view of this picture of Bush shaking hands with the author of Aquariums of Pyongyang:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/images/20050613-1_p45011-005-515h.jpg

Kang should scrub his hand now…

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/comment-page-1/#comment-56163 usinkorea Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:06:07 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/01/23/classless-condi/#comment-56163 This erases much of the esteem I had for Rice. It took a very big hit due to her being at the helm of this idiocy on Agreed Framework II. Now, to strike at Lefkowitz like this just makes its a very public and open statement of admittence by the administration that all they have said about Human Rights was bullshit... ....Just think about it........To set up an entire office. To publically proclaim its purpose. To sign onto NK Human Rights legislation. As nothing more than a half-hearted ploy to pressure NK to go to the negociation table ---- a table at which you would reverse yourself while you backed off sanctions that were working. Rice's comment just exposes the complete bankrupt, now obviously cynical use of NK Human Rights by the Bush administration. The word Pathetic is too nice. This erases much of the esteem I had for Rice. It took a very big hit due to her being at the helm of this idiocy on Agreed Framework II. Now, to strike at Lefkowitz like this just makes its a very public and open statement of admittence by the administration that all they have said about Human Rights was bullshit…

….Just think about it……..To set up an entire office. To publically proclaim its purpose. To sign onto NK Human Rights legislation. As nothing more than a half-hearted ploy to pressure NK to go to the negociation table —- a table at which you would reverse yourself while you backed off sanctions that were working.

Rice’s comment just exposes the complete bankrupt, now obviously cynical use of NK Human Rights by the Bush administration.

The word Pathetic is too nice.

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