Mr. Shaman
02-11-2005, 04:17 AM
Ya' know.......this is (almost) startin' to look pretty humorous!! It's lookin' like a WWF-match; The Battle Of The Fortunate Sons! It's like two little rich-kids playin' cowboy.....and, both wanna be "John Wayne".......except they're adults that're trying to show the (rest of) the world they (both) really do deserve to be players in world-politics; that they are (both) qualified for their respective offices!! How mature of (both of) them.......tryin' to out-bad each other. :rolleyes:
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"By heightening the stakes in a two-year standoff, North Korea has signaled it has little interest in giving up its nuclear programs for relatively minor upfront concessions from the Bush administration -- and appears to be gambling that the United States and its allies will ultimately accept the idea of a nuclear North Korea.
At each step of the way in the crisis, the government in Pyongyang has carefully crossed once-unthinkable thresholds, with little apparent consequence. North Korea's announcement yesterday that it has nuclear weapons and is withdrawing from negotiations on its nuclear programs has once again upped the ante. But it appears unlikely it will jar the United States and its allies to take any dramatic actions, analysts and officials said.
Regional resistance to any military strike has mounted in the past year -- and to many in the region, the idea of a nuclear North Korea, analysts say, is simply not as shocking as it once was. This has limited Washington's leverage, and Pyongyang appears to be trying to prod Washington to significantly sweeten its offer.
But China, host of the six-party talks that also include Russia and Japan, appears eager to avoid economic sanctions or other measures that could lead to the collapse of North Korea, something that could spill millions of refugees across the Chinese border. In South Korea, the ruling party faces a tough election in April and is discussing a possible presidential summit in Pyongyang in an effort to bolster its electoral prospects." <N. Korea.....China's "Mexico">
"In recent weeks, North Korea had sent signals that it was carefully watching Bush administration statements for a "change in tone." President Bush, who three years ago called North Korea part of an "axis of evil," was muted in his statement about North Korea in last week's State of the Union address. But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in her confirmation hearings, labeled North Korea one of six "outposts of tyranny" -- a remark that Pyongyang repeatedly cited yesterday.
Some administration officials noted that, in declaring it would indefinitely suspend participation in the talks, North Korea also said it still has the "ultimate goal" of a denuclearized Korean peninsula and would "solve the issues through dialogue and negotiations." They said it is a hopeful sign that North Korea intends to return to the talks."
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How 'bout that? What the NeoCons are trying to sell (as a Battle; Between Good & Evil), is merely a pissin'-contest......between The Fortunate Sons!! :rolleyes:
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"By heightening the stakes in a two-year standoff, North Korea has signaled it has little interest in giving up its nuclear programs for relatively minor upfront concessions from the Bush administration -- and appears to be gambling that the United States and its allies will ultimately accept the idea of a nuclear North Korea.
At each step of the way in the crisis, the government in Pyongyang has carefully crossed once-unthinkable thresholds, with little apparent consequence. North Korea's announcement yesterday that it has nuclear weapons and is withdrawing from negotiations on its nuclear programs has once again upped the ante. But it appears unlikely it will jar the United States and its allies to take any dramatic actions, analysts and officials said.
Regional resistance to any military strike has mounted in the past year -- and to many in the region, the idea of a nuclear North Korea, analysts say, is simply not as shocking as it once was. This has limited Washington's leverage, and Pyongyang appears to be trying to prod Washington to significantly sweeten its offer.
But China, host of the six-party talks that also include Russia and Japan, appears eager to avoid economic sanctions or other measures that could lead to the collapse of North Korea, something that could spill millions of refugees across the Chinese border. In South Korea, the ruling party faces a tough election in April and is discussing a possible presidential summit in Pyongyang in an effort to bolster its electoral prospects." <N. Korea.....China's "Mexico">
"In recent weeks, North Korea had sent signals that it was carefully watching Bush administration statements for a "change in tone." President Bush, who three years ago called North Korea part of an "axis of evil," was muted in his statement about North Korea in last week's State of the Union address. But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in her confirmation hearings, labeled North Korea one of six "outposts of tyranny" -- a remark that Pyongyang repeatedly cited yesterday.
Some administration officials noted that, in declaring it would indefinitely suspend participation in the talks, North Korea also said it still has the "ultimate goal" of a denuclearized Korean peninsula and would "solve the issues through dialogue and negotiations." They said it is a hopeful sign that North Korea intends to return to the talks."
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How 'bout that? What the NeoCons are trying to sell (as a Battle; Between Good & Evil), is merely a pissin'-contest......between The Fortunate Sons!! :rolleyes: