Comments on: North Korea Apparently Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor

By: Shorter Dugger

Shorter Dugger — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:31:17 +0000

You are of course absolutely right Nimrod.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:19:06 +0000

The truth no one here is capable of visualizing: This was a major foreign policy coup for the Bush Admin. Well done Condi!

Rolling back the clock to 2000 is a coup?

I think Mr. Bush had something to say about “low expectations,” didn’t he?

By: Dugger

Dugger — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:54:33 +0000

The truth no one here is capable of visualizing: This was a major foreign policy coup for the Bush Admin. Well done Condi!

By: Enoch Root

Enoch Root — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:35:12 +0000

Don’t you get it yet?

They *wanted* North Korea to become more of a threat. Without the threat, there’s no justification for spending craploads of money on the ‘defense shield,’ and no way to swagger and show what a badass you are.

It’s all about optics and corruption.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:40:05 +0000

Yes, I’m looking forward to the spin that says Bush knew the proper strategy was to ignore N. Korea until just this exact moment.

It’s foreign diplomacy according to The Rules.

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:45:09 +0000

Bush is going to get SO MUCH CREDIT for this.

By: DrPidgro

DrPidgro — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:51:09 +0000

Thanks Bill Richardson.

By: Diamond LeGrande

Diamond LeGrande — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:49:36 +0000

The Bushies just ignored North Korea, making some token moves at troop shifts in the Pacific. The North Koreans rightly recognized these for what they were, and went right on with their nuclear program. After five years and North Korea testing a nuke, it got everything it wanted, and all we got was five years of worry. We could have capitulated in 2002 and spared everyone the worry. They pissed and moaned how what Clinton did didn’t work, then they did what Clinton did after being shown how weak they really were.

For a bunch of guys who try to project an image of strength, they sure are wussies.