Comments on: Chris Hill Lies to Entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Sam Brownback’s Finest Hour

By: james

james — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:17:04 +0000

thanks joshua for helping sen brownback.

By: KCJ

KCJ — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:38:08 +0000

“From Obamaâ€™s nomination and the behavior of the Committee majority, it couldnâ€™t be clearer: When the Democrats promise us â€œtough and smartâ€ diplomacy, they mean Chris Hillâ€™s kind. In practice, that means screwing up the entire world, one genocide at a time. Iraq should not be next, especially when recent events there show so much promise that we can leave a Iraq a far better place than we found it.”

Hear! Hear!

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:18:12 +0000

And what helps One Free Korea and other Korea watchers, and a lot of the commenters here, is that the criticism has been consistent.

Too much of the time concerning Washington , including in the media and the think-tanks, criticism is more political than policy – more concerned about what party is in power than what the policy offered actually says.

But, with Hill and his work on NK policy, the criticism dates back to its start in the Bush administration. People who watch Korea rolled their eyes when they heard Hill told Rice to just send him over and let him deal with Pyongyang, and they complained about the measures Hill took to “win NK over” like ending the banking sanctions that showed real promise that they were working, and so on…

This isn’t just people rising up to thwart an Obama appointee.

This is attacking what many called a wrong-headed approach from the start – and which has proven unsuccessful despite the fact that the Bush administration gave it a try.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:18:31 +0000

Great work Joshua.

It is great to see that at least someone in Washington is willing to hold Hill accountable. I really hope Senator Brownback continues to stick to his guns and hold up Hill’s nomination.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:43:28 +0000

Well said Senator Brownback.

By: Rand Millar

Rand Millar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:47:36 +0000

Greetings Mr. Stanton. Here’s a vote of appreciation (one of many, surely) for your crucial contributions in illuminating the Hill ambassadorial nomination. May the pride that you justifiably take in recalling your efforts in this incident help sustain you in your part in the balance remaining in the struggle for one free Korea. ë§Œì„¸!