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To: tejek who wrote (157171)	12/31/2002 4:42:25 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1580137

Tejek Re...And why do you think he handed NK off? Timing. Now he could get away with it. Before, NK was too strong, and had China's backing. Now China has other fish to fry. At first, he began to deal with NK but then backed away. Of course, I don't know for sure but I suspect he has his hands full right now. As it says in that article to David; GW got China and Russia to agree before Oct. that nuclear weapons should be kept out of NK. When they agreed, then GW went to NK and proved they were playing far looser with nukes than China or Russia thought. All he had to do then was put pressure on Russia and China to live up to their agreement. Long Jim has a reason for playing this game. I am unclear what it is but I suspect he wants something........maybe oil. Possibly, but the oil the US and its allies were supplying weren't that great to make it worth the risk. My guess. Kim also sees the inevitable, and is jockeying to increase his decreasing leverage in likely negotiations with South Korea on unification. . He isn't ready or willing to be discarded into the dustbin of history just yet.