A bit premature... We're Thursday! LOL

World War Three 2003 a écrit :

U.S. warns of N Korea 'nightmare'

America's top arms negotiator has described North Korea as a "hellish
nightmare" and warned leader Kim Jong Il his growing nuclear threats
will not give him security.

Speaking in Seoul, U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton said North
Korea was run by a tyrannical rogue state dictator who lives like
royalty while keeping many of his people hungry.

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As for North Koreans, they can't be trusted that's for sure...

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THE PRESIDENT: Yes. I think that one of the things that is important to
understand in North Korea is that the past policy of trying to engage
bilaterally didn't work. In other words, the North Koreans were ready to
engage, but they didn't keep their word on their engagement. And that
ought to be a clear signal to policymakers of what to expect with North
Korea.
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Second, there is only dismantling that is acceptable, and there needs to
be all the nations which oppose making this happen militarily before it
becomes a tragedy to make it happen diplomatically.

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THE PRESIDENT(2): Secondly, in my judgment, the best way to convince the
North Koreans to change their attitude about a nuclear weapons program
is to have others in the neighborhood assume responsibility, alongside
the United States. So this morning, interesting enough -- I'm glad you
asked that question, because I can tell you that I talked to Hu Jintao
this morning -- not anticipation of your question, but as part of an
ongoing process to encourage him to stay involved in the process of
discussions with Mr. Kim Jong-il, all attempting to say to him that it
is a -- it is not in his nation's interest to continue developing these
weapons and we would like to see him dismantle those weapons programs.

As well as, I told President Hu that I think it's very important for us
to get Japan and South Korea and Russia involved, as well. So the
progress that is being made is we're actually beginning to make serious
progress about sharing responsibility on this issue in such a way that I
believe will lead to an attitudinal change by Kim Jong-il, which will be
very positive for peace in the region.
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J.