It took six years of relentless threats, sanctions and belligerence, but Bush finally succeeded in pushing Kim Jong Il to build North Korea’s first nuclear bomb. Now the zany Kim can just add a few finishing touches to his delivery-system, the Taepo-dong ICBM, and he’ll be able to wipe out the nine Western states with a flip of the switch.
This may turn out to be the biggest foreign policy flop in American history.
Perhaps Bush was justified in not following Clinton’s policy of negotiation and diplomacy, but why the hostility? Is it prudent to humiliate your enemies by announcing to the world that you “loathe” them or by placing them on the “axis of evil” list?
What reaction did Bush expect when he publicly stated that his “goal was regime change in North Korea”?
Kim Jong Il has said repeatedly that he will abandon his nuclear weapons programs if he gets assurances from the United States that they will not attack the North preemptively.
Sounds reasonable to me.
This issue could have been easily resolved through normal diplomacy. Instead, we got bravado and saber-rattling. As a result, we are all in greater danger.
You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Georgie!
Michael Whitney
Snohomish
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