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To: lurqer who wrote (18160)	4/28/2003 1:57:20 AM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Interesting read. home.ddc.net lurqer

To: lurqer who wrote (18160)	4/28/2003 11:15:20 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

More of the same obviously isn't going to work. Funny how clear failures of the past are projected to be handled even worse by the current administration, yet most folks won't even acknowledge how poorly it was handled in the first place. I'm open to what this administration will do. They have been handed one of the most dangerous global climates to operate in because of the utter failures of the Clinton Administration. What makes it worse is the fact that the left continues to cling to the belief that Clinton was such a great foreign policy President, just like his economic bubble. More smoke & mirrors than real accomplishment. So much bullshit, so little time.

To: lurqer who wrote (18160)	4/28/2003 11:42:25 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 89467

North Korea offers to disarm for 'rewards' April 29 2003 By Shane Green Tokyo North Korea has told the United States it would begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program in return for normalising ties between the two countries and a security guarantee. The offer was the "new bold proposal" North Korea said it put to the US at talks in Beijing last week - where the communist state admitted to already having nuclear weapons and said it was prepared to make a "physical demonstration" of them. But the US maintained its position that it would not begin negotiations with North Korea until the nuclear program was dismantled in a verifiable way. Nevertheless, South Korean Government officials appear encouraged by the proposal, seeing a glimmer of hope in the crisis. The attitude was exemplified by Seoul's National Security Adviser, Ra Jong-yil, who said the US and its allies should look at the "bright aspects" of the Beijing meeting. Details of Pyongyang's proposal emerged yesterday in South Korea, with several daily newspapers quoting South Korean Government sources. The Munhwa Ilbo newspaper reported that, apart from a security guarantee, the North also wanted Washington to recognise its political system, and not hinder its economic development. North Korea's official news agency carried a report from the ruling Worker's Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, indicating that the Government wants "rewards" for ending its nuclear program. The paper said the nuclear issue would "not be settled easily" if the US kept urging North Korea "to accept its demand while insisting on its viewpoint that it never makes a concession because it is a big power." "The US statement that there will be no provision of rewards even after the settlement of the 'nuclear issue' is, in essence, little short of opposing the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the two countries," it said. South Korean officials were again frustrated yesterday in their attempts to confront North Korea over its nuclear arms, with negotiators from Pyongyang refusing to answer direct questions. Seoul had hoped to use cabinet-level talks in Pyongyang to question North Korea about the nuclear issue. But the North has been adamant that it will only deal with the US on the nuclear crisis. - with agencies theage.com.au