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To: LindyBill who wrote (31336)2/25/2004 8:44:21 AM
From: aladin  Respond to of 793882
 
Hard to negotiate when your enemy is rooting for 'regime change' in DC :-)

N. Korea May Be in 'Anybody but Bush' Camp
Pyongyang may stall during nuclear talks, hoping for a better deal from a new president.

By Mark Magnier and Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writers

BEIJING — North Korea has never had a real election, doesn't believe in democracy and wouldn't dream of putting the political fate of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il in the hands of ballot-wielding commoners. But it does have an election strategy — as far as the U.S. is concerned.

Pyongyang, analysts say, is rooting for Sen. John F. Kerry, Sen. John Edwards, the Rev. Al Sharpton — in fact, virtually anyone other than George W. Bush — to be the next U.S. president. That's why many observers are expecting little progress at the six-party talks aimed at halting North Korea's nuclear program that start today in Beijing.

latimes.com



To: LindyBill who wrote (31336)2/25/2004 8:47:31 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793882
 
Not feasible to form a coalition if the willing including China and go in and wipe that pestilence out once and for all?



To: LindyBill who wrote (31336)2/25/2004 8:59:48 AM
From: RinConRon  Respond to of 793882
 
Given the author's key participation in the complete bamboozling of Jimmy Carter as Clinton's
"go to" guy for N. Korea a decade ago, I don't lend much on his opinions or conclusions.



To: LindyBill who wrote (31336)2/26/2004 1:32:20 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793882
 
that transformation can be induced through engagement, primarily economic, leading to a moderation of the country's harsh internal system and to the beginning of reconciliation with its neighbors and the United States.

Where has this ever worked? Why do people still subscribe to this?

Derek