North Korea And Syria

Finally, we're starting to see some politicians with balls to ask the tough questions.

After the private meeting with Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Rice went before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and defended her diplomatic approach to North Korea, saying she was using “the teeth of diplomacy, not just the carrots of diplomacy.”

This elicited a challenge from Representative Tom Tancredo, Republican of Colorado. “I would really like to know specifically what those teeth might be,” he said.

Ms. Rice refused to comment on the Israeli strike, but repeated what has become the official view about any North Korean involvement in a Syrian nuclear program: “The president has made very clear that North Korean or Syrian or anybody else’s proliferation is of deep concern to the United States.”

Mr. Tancredo persisted: “So if in fact it turns out to be the case that they did provide weaponry or some form of nuclear materials to Syria, then that would put them in violation of the agreement?”

That's precisely what I asked a short while ago. I want to know if North Korea is indeed supplying nuclear technology to other nations as they negotiate with us. If they are, they need to be punished severely for it. Fuel oil shut off, nuclear program bombed into rubble, sanctions at the UN, humanitarian aid cut to the bone, military blockades. I'm talking about letting them know we're not fucking around here.

They're pulling the same bullshit they pulled when they made a deal with the Clinton administration. They took the offer, then made the nuclear program anyways. Now they are seeing that they may not be able to do that again, so they're trying to sell it so they get some money in their pockets for their trouble.

You can't make a deal with someone, sneak around the deal, and expect to get away with it. Otherwise, what would be the point of us making a deal? China, Japan, and South Korea have a lot more to worry about with North Korea then we do. However, if we're helping them out with North Korea, it makes you wonder why China isn't helping out when it comes to Iran. They were all gung ho about getting the North Koreans nuclear program dismantled, but they are dragging feet when it comes to Iran.

And you wonder why I'm so mistrustful of the Chinese.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com