Joe Chalupa
09-14-2004, 09:54 AM
]"From the beginning of his term, Bush has mishandled the challenge presented by North Korea. In his administration, hard-liners too often prevail in arguments with pragmatists like Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has acknowledged that the 1994 Framework Agreement negotiated during the Clinton administration was working. Powell and the pragmatists also recognize that negotiations with Pyongyang offer the best chance to prevent what Kerry called a "nuclear nightmare."
Because rigid ideologues kept Bush from negotiating a bargain to end the nuclear threat, the world now faces a threat that Pyongyang could make seven or eight nuclear weapons and sell one or more to terrorists. (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/09/14/feckless_in_north_korea/)
As Powell acknowledged, the Framework Agreement, under which inspectors were allowed, North Korea's casks of plutonium were sealed, and the reactor in Yongbyon halted, successfully froze the program."
Because rigid ideologues kept Bush from negotiating a bargain to end the nuclear threat, the world now faces a threat that Pyongyang could make seven or eight nuclear weapons and sell one or more to terrorists. (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/09/14/feckless_in_north_korea/)
As Powell acknowledged, the Framework Agreement, under which inspectors were allowed, North Korea's casks of plutonium were sealed, and the reactor in Yongbyon halted, successfully froze the program."