The pro-republican wash.times has been right about missile proliferation which the administration has admitted to as being right.
"since a
government agency leaked the North Korea-Egypt missile equipment deal to the press.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES reported this on 21 June. That day, Nicholas Burns, a spokesman for the U.S. State
Department, said "this is the second leak of information following one last week" and sternly denounced the undisclosed leakers
as "narrow-minded and gutless." He also deplored the leakers, saying: "They have leaked the information to THE
WASHINGTON TIMES, thus knifing some State Department officials and causing inter-agency bickering." When questioned
which agency had leaked the information, he backtracked, saying: "There is a suspicion, but I cannot tell." "
And they were right about the M11 transfers tooas reported by Gertz.
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Seoul KYONGHYANG SINMUN
by Pak In-kyu
The Clinton administration, which has faced difficulties conducting its foreign policy due to the deep cuts made to its diplomacy
budgets by the Republican-controlled Congress, is now in trouble due to internal bickering: It faces a dilemma ever since a
government agency leaked the North Korea-Egypt missile equipment deal to the press.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES reported this on 21 June. That day, Nicholas Burns, a spokesman for the U.S. State
Department, said "this is the second leak of information following one last week" and sternly denounced the undisclosed leakers
as "narrow-minded and gutless." He also deplored the leakers, saying: "They have leaked the information to THE
WASHINGTON TIMES, thus knifing some State Department officials and causing inter-agency bickering." When questioned
which agency had leaked the information, he backtracked, saying: "There is a suspicion, but I cannot tell."
THE WASHINGTON TIMES reported the PRC's sales of M11 missiles to Pakistan last week, which has placed the Clinton
administration in an embarrassing situation. Prior to that, the Clinton administration decided not to impose sanctions on the PRC
despite Beijing's sales of nuclear equipment to Pakistan. The administration made the decision in the belief that it need not incur
the PRC's displeasure at a time when it acutely needed Beijing's diplomatic cooperation over the North Korean issue and other
matters.
North Korea and Egypt occupy an important position as far as U.S. diplomacy is concerned. Egypt is a major partner of the
United States when it comes to U.S. policy in the Middle East. The United States gives Egypt $2.1 billion in assistance
annually, the biggest recipient after Israel. Moreover, the United States is not in a position to distance itself from Egypt because
all the accomplishments it has achieved in the Middle East peace process are at stake since [former Israeli Prime Minister]
Shim'on Peres has lost power.
North Korea's case is more tricky. The Clinton administration has boasted about the North Korean nuclear freeze, a result of
the Geneva agreement, as its greatest diplomatic accomplishment, and has maintained a policy of "embracing North Korea."
However, as North Korea's exports of missile equipment have been disclosed, the position of the Clinton administration has
become less convincing. Moreover, North Korea's credibility will again decrease because the information on the North
Korea-Egypt missile deal was leaked while North Korea-U.S. missile negotiations were under way. Nevertheless, the Clinton
administration will seek to solve the problem concerning North Korea not through sanctions, but through persuasion. However,
this strategy will not go down well with the Republican Party. |
