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April 5, 2007

Steve Chapman talks with Christopher Hill, our man in North Korea.

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Guy Montag|4.5.07 @ 7:22AM|#

His official title is Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian . . .

I thought Oceana was at war with them?

Bramblyspam|4.5.07 @ 8:06AM|#

A couple notes... first, the "unprecedented results" aren't quite so unprecedented. South Africa developed nukes, but gave them up when the Apartheid era ended.

Second, the Bush administration has never "unveiled evidence" of a North Korean uranium enrichment program. It has only unveiled allegations, with no evidence to support them. From what I've read, these claims are very much disputed within the US intelligence community (and North Korea has consistently denied them all along, of course).
The mere fact that the North Korean nuke was plutonium-based is a strong indicator that Kim's alleged uranium program is about as fictional as Saddam's.

We should know by now that the Bush administration is simply not to be trusted. There are elements within the foreign policy machinery that are pushing for war against the entire "axis of evil" and will happily manufacture fake evidence to further their cause.

|4.5.07 @ 9:45AM|#

What Bramblyspam said.

This was a good piece, but probably should have included at least a passing reference to the story that came out a few weeks ago about the uranium program being, quite likely, nonexistent.

|4.5.07 @ 10:24AM|#

South Africa developed nukes, but gave them up when the Apartheid era ended.

This would indicate that regime change is a prerequisite for a country abandoning nukes, no?

VM|4.5.07 @ 10:43AM|#

Either way, Bramply, we should keep em talking at the table. Keep em talking. Maybe bore them (the Argus method) to death. Maybe find something easy that they need that costs us nothing.

Either way, let's keep them at the table. We should have monthly Israel/Palestine meetings, and keep Iran at the table.

(and nothing like Condolence Potatoes. Um. Rice's claim that we're walking to the horizon or whatever crap she said - actual discussions)

|4.5.07 @ 12:41PM|#

Another example of a country abandoning its nuke program is Brazil. Once again, after a right-wing dictatorship was peacefully replaces by a democratic government, without any outside military action.

Come one, one more and we've got a trend!