Watching Larry King Live on CNN, Rep. Curt Weldon (PA) says that he believes the situation with North Korea can be resolved diplomatically because North Korea’s negotiator is very "reasonable." Madeleine Albright (former US Secretary of State under the Clinton administration) speaks of the rational behavior she observed from Kim Jong-Il when she met with him in 2000. What is wrong with these people? Kim Jong-Il is *not* normal and rational, no matter what suave demeanor he or his negotiators display to the outside world.
Fox News reported today that the reason North Korea pulled out from the six-nation talks is because the US discovered North Korea’s counterfeit of $100 US dollar bills(called "supernotes") and designated Banco Delta Asia SARL in Macau, China, as off limits for US bank transactions. This action, and several others related to the discovery of the supernotes, has had a harsh impact on North Korea’s already dismal economy. And who’s fault is that? Hello, that dubious honor belongs to none other than Kim Jong-Il. He’s chosen to spend his money and sacrificed the lives of his people in his pursuit of military and nuclear technology gains. It apparently means nothing to him that approximately 2 million North Koreans have died from starvation. Instead of supporting his people, Kim Jong-Il chooses to blame the US for not recognizing his country as a player in the world diplomatic arena. The guy is clearly deluded and can’t keep his word for anything. Trust, as one broadcaster observed, has eroded to the point that talks may not be possible.
China, South Korea, and Japan probably need to band together and come up with solution, since their borders are closest to North Korea. Of the 3, China has the most pull with North Korea, and they fear a collapse of the North Korean government. So while they dance around, North Korea is apparently preparing to launch more missiles. If I were China, I would be hoping that none of these missile launches go awry and lands in one of those 3 countries, which would take a tense situation and make it very very bad.
BTW, what do you think happened to the rocket engineers to launched the failed Taepodong intercontinental missile yesterday? Life must be hard for them after that abysmal failure....
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