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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (99289)5/28/2003 8:08:06 AM
From: michael97123  Respond to of 281500
 
Snyder:"Unfortunately, the United States seems unwilling to encourage the same logic in North Korea by offering nonaggression commitments and suspending sanctions in return for North Korea abandoning its nuclear weapons program."
Nadine:"Didn't we already try that in 1994?"
If at first you dont appease try, try again. Jacob's mantra throughout the debate as it relates to the US."



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (99289)5/28/2003 2:35:29 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
<Unfortunately, the United States seems unwilling to encourage the same logic in North Korea by offering nonaggression commitments and suspending sanctions in return for North Korea abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

Didn't we already try that in 1994?>

We promised to do it, and then we broke our promises. In return for N. Korea giving up its WMD program, we promised a series of things, and then didn't do them. Bad faith on both sides.

See this post for details on our failure to carry out the terms of the agreement:
Message 18708522