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To: Alighieri who wrote (156892)	12/28/2002 10:06:47 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580267

An attack on North Korea would ''be very inadvisable,'' Senator Richard G. Lugar, Republican of Indiana and the incoming committee chairman, said on NBC's ''Today'' show, adding that such a move would have ''devastating'' consequences for South Korea. ''Our strategy now has to be one of multilateral engagement,'' he said. Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who will be the committee's highest-ranking Democrat, also urged a diplomatic approach. ''Well, I think the first relationship we have to improve or deal with is North Korea,'' Biden said on the ''Today'' program. He said the United States should involve France, Japan, China, Russia, and South Korea in its discussions. WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? You guys (liberals) are stirring it up again. Nobody in the administration is talking about an "attack" on NK!!! officials in and out of the Bush administration say that a war with North Korea would be far more troublesome and dangerous.

To: Alighieri who wrote (156892)	12/28/2002 10:28:45 AM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580267

Alighieri Re...In October, North Korea admitted that it had broken a 1994 accord to freeze its nuclear arms program. In response, the United States, Japan, and the European Union suspended shipments of heating oil to North Korea. I thought you said Gw was acting unilaterally. Here we find out , the Us acted in concert with Japan, and the European Union. So, everybody involved in the 1994 pact stopped sending oil. Analysts say that the insularity of North Korea makes it difficult to assess that government's strategy. Some believe that Pyongyang's gradual, admitted violations are an attempt to get attention and to force talks aimed at developing normalized diplomatic relations. Why didn't you highlight this part in fairness. Most reports on NK include a paragraph like this. Simply put, most analysts think Kim ll is bluffing. And a good poker player plays the bluff. Why would it be wrong to play it?