On the NK deal....

[boutons_]

"full-blown nuclear war"

that's what was in the dubya's hard-line cards until dubya gave some flexibiility to his negotiators, which he and his slime-bots call flip-flopping in other people,.

I compliment dubya for getting an agreement, reducing the tension, and kicking any confrontation down the road, although dubya's flexibility probably did not originate with him but was dictated or handed to him for his stooge-y acquiescence.

NK is a pimple on the world's ass, and will probably fester until Great Leader dies.
Does this freak have any sons? oops, looks like he does:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il

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Same that was done over 10 years ago. Same .

Not entirely Manny. What may give this agreement (well, bribe really) is that there are more players than just NK and the US who signed the '94 agreement. This time you have China and Russia in the mix, and although we'll have to wait to see if anything happens, when you have NK's #1 trading partner in on it, perhaps they can wield a little influence.

[MannyIsGod]

I'd rather Bush not have introduced his ridiculous stubborness in every foreign policy we have because in the end it produces no ing results and we're back to square one. Bush has about as many fp success stories as Sadaam.

[MannyIsGod]

Not entirely Manny. What may give this agreement (well, bribe really) is that there are more players than just NK and the US who signed the '94 agreement. This time you have China and Russia in the mix, and although we'll have to wait to see if anything happens, when you have NK's #1 trading partner in on it, perhaps they can wield a little influence.

We could have gone this route in 06 when we had more leverage than we do today. We've lost leverage and we've had to come back to square one.