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To: Rascal who wrote (106444)	7/19/2003 6:24:41 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Send them the food and oil we stopped sending them when this flap with BUsh started. Uh.. we've tried that rascal.. Remember that Carter and Clinton came to that arrangement back in 1994 and we've been bribing.. err.. subsidizing them ever since.. But Kim Jong Il STILL pursued enriching his Uranium and producing nuclear weapons. They admitted to it last fall. So what do you hope to achieve sending them food and oil when Kim still doesn't keep his promises? Or do you normally pay "protection" money in your line of work? Send in International Humanitarian Support (you know, a coalition) including doctors, medical supplies, Red Cross. While doing this, sneak some technology in to begin communication with the outside world. Budget for it! I am sure it will be cheaper than military intervention. Would love to. But they are ALL carefully watched and prevented from having too much contact with the people of the country. Btw, you should read the comments of this German doctor who lived and worked in N. Korea.. It would seem that he disagrees with you.. The 42-year-old German said that since food aid began in 1995, there have arisen glaring inequalities between the elite in Pyongyang and the people in the countryside. ``We can't prove whether international aid to North Korea was diverted or not. But given that children die of hunger in the countryside not far away from Pyongyang, the affluent lifestyle of the elite in Pyongyang makes me believe that the average North Koreans haven't benefited from the aid.'' hk.co.kr time.com Get over this simplistic : "We can't meet with them because it is blackmail" stuff. Soldiers die because chickenhawk leaders like to act/look tough. Take a meeting. Assign some smart guys to sort things out. No.. get over this "we have to roll over for any outrageous rhetoric from the mouth of a two bit tyrant" and use our power and influence to force N. Korea to deal with ALL OF ITS NEIGHBORS, not just a country that lies 4,000 miles away. Are you somehow against the Bush plan for multi-lateral discussions with N. Korea? Are you NOW in favor of US unilateralism? Hawk