Bush policy prevails! Report: N. Korean leader regrets test
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_NKorea_Kim_Nuclear.html
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
"If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks," Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy, the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo reported, citing a diplomatic source in China.
Kim told the Chinese delegation that "he is sorry about the nuclear test," the newspaper reported.
The delegation led by State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met Kim on Thursday and returned to Beijing later that day - ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's arrival in the Chinese capital Friday. China is viewed as a key nation in efforts to persuade the North to disarm, as it is the isolated communist nation's main trading partner.
North Korea has long insisted that the U.S. desist from a campaign to sever its ties to the international financial system. Washington accuses Pyongyang of complicity in counterfeiting and money laundering to sell weapons of mass destruction.
The North has refused since last November to return to the nuclear talks, which also include China, Japan, Russia and South Korea. Pyongyang has sought bolster its negotiating position by a series of provocative actions, test-firing a barrage of missiles in July and performing its first-ever nuclear test Oct. 9.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_NKorea_Kim_Nuclear.html
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
"If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks," Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy, the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo reported, citing a diplomatic source in China.
Kim told the Chinese delegation that "he is sorry about the nuclear test," the newspaper reported.
The delegation led by State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met Kim on Thursday and returned to Beijing later that day - ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's arrival in the Chinese capital Friday. China is viewed as a key nation in efforts to persuade the North to disarm, as it is the isolated communist nation's main trading partner.
North Korea has long insisted that the U.S. desist from a campaign to sever its ties to the international financial system. Washington accuses Pyongyang of complicity in counterfeiting and money laundering to sell weapons of mass destruction.
The North has refused since last November to return to the nuclear talks, which also include China, Japan, Russia and South Korea. Pyongyang has sought bolster its negotiating position by a series of provocative actions, test-firing a barrage of missiles in July and performing its first-ever nuclear test Oct. 9.
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Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
He must think we're idiots.
Hail, Hail!!!
Who Bush? Or the Korean guy?
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
has admitted regret for nuclear testing to the chinese, just days before condaleeza rice is due in the beijing. amazingly good timing i'd say.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
what point are you trying to make here?
~Michael Bolton
no point. just reiterating the facts. albeit with just a scad of reservedness.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
"keep looking"--ed vedder dallas '03
did lil kim apologize??
so this is a success for the bush admin??? they are the kings of low expectations
Look, I hope he's telling the truth, too. But this guy's record hasn't been the best. Remember, he also told Clinton he wouldn't develop nukes. Would you argue that the Clinton policy worked? No? Didn't think so. The truth is there is no truth with this guy.
Call no man honest 'till he dies. And with this fella, that's about the only time you'll know for certain where he stands.
the clinton policy of providing the tech for the light water reactors worked
look it up
btw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumsfeld
ABB and North Korea
Rumsfeld sat on ABB's board from 1990 to 2001, earning $190,000 a year. ABB is a European engineering giant based in Zürich, Switzerland. In 2000 this company sold two light water nuclear reactors to KEDO for installation in North Korea, as part of the 1994 agreed framework reached under President Bill Clinton.
The sale of the nuclear technology was a high-profile contract. ABB's then chief executive, Goran Lindahl, visited North Korea in November 1999 to announce ABB's "wide-ranging, long-term cooperation agreement" with the communist government. Mr. Rumsfeld's office said that the Secretary of Defense did not "recall it being brought before the board at any time". But ABB spokesman Bjorn Edlund told Fortune that "board members were informed about this project."
Rumsfeld has also served in executive responsibilities of various local charities across the United States. From 1986 to 1989 he was appointed to serve as United Way Inter-governmental Affairs Director in Washington, D.C..
As a result of his foreign policy achievements as Inter-governmental Affairs Director, he was asked to serve the U.S. State Department. Given the title "foreign policy consultant", he held the role from 1990 to 1993.
and
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axis of profit
The first WTC bombing happened in February 1993 -- about a month after Clinton took office. I don't ever remember hearing Clinton blame Poppy for that.
43 has been in office for almost 6 years, but it's always Clinton this and Clinton that. When does he actually become responsible for the things the US government has done over that time.
doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
Hope! Hope is the underdog!"
-- EV, Live at the Showbox
amazing. does everything have to relate to the election. I mean, everything. although I admit, I was amazed bush was able to stop hurricanes from happeneing this summer. he didnt need another katrina mess on his hands in this election year.
poopy sent the millitary to somalia to die as well but clinton gets the blame
fair??
bill clinton is god if there is a god
look it up
the newbies really have been on fire lately.
i'm flattered
(don't let me offend you...it is a message board)