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To: tekboy who wrote (65408)	1/11/2003 11:32:40 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

tekboy, thus far in Bush's first two years he's hammered out a severe reduction in nuclear arms with Russia, settled a tricky Chinese airspace problem, formed a coalition and successfully invaded Afghanistan, and intelligently rid us of a ridiculous Kyota Protocol, which no Senator on either side of the aisle would vote for anyway. Therefore, I would say your statement, "Bush himself demonstrably did not, at first--which is why we've often seen de facto policy shifts when rhetoric collides with reality (cf. the unfolding Korean saga). is not balanced. Reality hasn't collided with Bush in regard to NK. You may not agree with the approach he has taken, but whether it will be successful is still on open book. It's interesting to me the way some policy wonk pundits consider status-quo in NK as some sort of foreign policy success story. Reports are millions have starved there because of our failure in the past to find a diplomatic way to re-unite the country and end the barbaric fascism which exists. The NK people deserve a better future, if it takes shaking up the status-quo a bit and unnerving a few sceptics to achieve it, that's the price we should be willing to pay. Things need to change in NK. Hiding our head in the sand of diplomatic nice-speech hasn't gotten us very far. michael@lookslikeyourfairandbalancedisoutofaligment.com" :)