Wait! We’re Still Negotia . . . .

I think the Nomad said this one best this week, in another context:

Just when I think South Korea has run out of NORK ass to kiss – someone, somewhere, proves me wrong. This time, it was no one else but a member of the beloved Unification Ministry (are you surprised?).

This time, Chung Dong-Young is actually proposing–post-breakdown–that everyone reconsider North Korea’s newest offer, which appears (lack of details notwithstanding) to be completely irreconcilable with the terms to which it agreed just a month or so ago. Diplomatically, Chung is a dough-boy, really too amateurish to fisk. At some point, the satisfaction of shooting holes in him wears off as fast as it does after two triumphant minutes of popping bubble wrap.