Comments on: Absolute Must Read: Chris Hill Explodes at Reporter Over Leaked Plan to Accept Incomplete, Incorrect N. Korean Declaration

By: OneFreeKorea » North Korea’s Next Tantrum

OneFreeKorea » North Korea’s Next Tantrum — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:43:18 +0000

[...] Since events (a), (b), and (c) transpired,Â but especially afterÂ Bush’s acceptance of North Korea’s incomplete June 26 “declaration,”Â he has come underÂ withering criticism from foreign policy conservatives,Â including in both houses of Congress.Â Â Yet until very recently, none of this seemed quiteÂ sufficient to deter Bush from — I’ll justÂ quote Chris Hill here — the “stupidity” ofÂ ”giving away all our leverage” by lifting most of our sanctions on North Korea.Â [...]

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:21:16 +0000

“Japanâ€™s concern about the past abductions is considered irrelevant and counterproductive by the other countries in this nuclear issue.”

Well, of course it is. There is no reason for the Chinese, South Koreans, Russians, or even the US to be concerned with missing Japanese nationals. The Japanese government is demonstrating responsibility to the people it represents by pressing the issue of its kidnapped nationals.

By: Fred Fry

Fred Fry — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:57:49 +0000

“The sooner we all agree to let NK alone”

Right. the US should stop talking to them. There is no good that will come from it. Just let them do their own think. If this was the standard years ago, the regime just might have collapsed. Instead, it keeps getting a lifeline from one of the others at the table.

By: Rhesus

Rhesus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:32 +0000

Yeah, it’s totally irrelevant. The Japanese certainly don’t have any reason to care about their citizens being abducted. Who would, really? South Koreans? Their adbuctees were consigned to irrelevance a long time ago, and rightly so, especially for the purposes of the current negotiations. The sooner we all agree to let NK alone, the sooner it can start properly caring for its citizens.

{note – sarcastic}

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:53:42 +0000

And for what it’s worth, I consider China’s interest in propping up the North Korean regime’s stability to the last North Korean to be irrelevant and an obstacle to disarmament. China’s undercutting of economic pressure (ie., its unilateralist approach to UNSCR 1718) has been extremely counterproductive. Our own failure to invoke EO 13,382 on their banks gave them that option. But hey, countries bring their interests to the table on such matters … except for the United States, which has completely abandoned its own.

So now, Japan will be expected to fork over billions of yen to a country that kidnaps its citizens from its own damn country. There aren’t a lot of interests more vital than that, unless you’re one of the few who still believes that the 6PT are remotely likely to disarm North Korea.

By: Anne Americana

Anne Americana — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:08:37 +0000

Japan’s concern about the past abductions is considered irrelevant and counterproductive by the other countries in this nuclear issue. The US pays only lip service to Japan. Other countries don’t even bother. They see it as an obstacle that Japan should stop trying to insert in this process.

By: Fred Fry

Fred Fry — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:44:13 +0000

Given the President’s comments that they are not going to abandon Japan’s concerns, what’s this all mean? Are they going to hold back the second aid shipment for more answers and then the third for discussion about the Japanese abductions?

The US needs to stop worrying about offending the North Koreans. This timing is poor since I thought it was South Korea’s ‘sunshine’ that was gumming up the works. Now that it is gone, the US comes up with what appears to be it’s own version of the same thing.

Is this story so hot that no one in the know is willing to comment on it?