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08/30/2003 Archived Entry: "More diplomatic genius from the White House"
More diplomatic genius from the White House
If Whistle Ass has the audacity to run on the idea that the world is safer than it was when he took over, he may not win but he should get some sort of award for balls. Because this puts the lie to the 'safer' argument if anything does.
North Korea declared today that it sees no need to continue nuclear talks with the six nations it met in Beijing last week and has no choice but to strengthen its nuclear deterrent, sharply contradicting an agreement announced by China and potentially escalating the nuclear crisis.A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman quoted by the official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang dismissed the just-concluded six-party negotiations in Beijing as a trick designed to disarm the North. The spokesman said such negotiations were of no use to the Communist state.
"The talks have made us believe that we have no other choice but to strengthen our nuclear deterrent force as a self-defensive means," the spokesman was quoted as saying. ...
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North Korea discovered in the six-party talks that it had no allies willing to take its side against pressure from the United States to dismantle its nuclear program, Bush administration officials and Asian diplomats said after the talks ended. Analysts said the North may have decided that it has nothing to gain by extending the dialogue, or may simply be seeking to change the venue, the format, or the negotiating partners in the next round, which China declared would be held by October.
Pyongyang's diplomats also made provocative threats during the talks. Kim Yong-Il, the countryıs chief representative at the discussions, said his country had nuclear weapons and may stage a nuclear test to prove that they work if the United States did not offer it a nonaggression treaty.
