tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3983433138332618703..comments2024-03-19T08:15:07.151-04:00Comments on the daily howler: North Korea hasn't ceased to exist!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59557951695824498872017-08-14T22:21:23.170-04:002017-08-14T22:21:23.170-04:00The DPRK is unworthy of respect, but the US air ca...The DPRK is unworthy of respect, but the US air campaign against it was truly atrocious.impCaesarAvghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384806750440039982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-83321299772676729102017-08-14T21:47:30.336-04:002017-08-14T21:47:30.336-04:00No the Clinton policy was not a failure. The GWB ...No the Clinton policy was not a failure. The GWB policy was a failure afterwards:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/19/bernie-sanders-show-podcast-william-j-perry-north-korea<br /><br />Sanders Well, if there’s anybody who knows about that, it’s you. Could you review for us the work you did and what happened?<br /><br />Perry I was involved first of all as a secretary of defense in the 90s. The first crisis I faced as secretary was a crisis with North Korea. That was in 1994. We nearly went to war with North Korea.<br /><br />Sanders Remind us, as not everybody remembers that.<br /><br />Perry North Korea had a nuclear facility at a place called Yongbyon. They were processing plutonium. Had they completed that processing, they would have had enough plutonium to build six nuclear bombs.<br /><br />We were determined that they should not do that. We confronted them and we threatened them with military action. We offered them economic incentives. A combination of that led to the agreement known as the Agreed Framework which, for at least a period of seven to eight years, stopped the program.<br /><br />Sanders It did stop the program?<br /><br />Perry Yes, it did stop the program at Yongbyon. It did not stop their aspirations for nuclear weapons, but it did stop that program.<br /><br />Had we not had the Agreed Framework, which was signed in 1994, by the year 2000 they could have had as many as 50 nuclear weapons. That bought us time. It didn’t solve the fundamental problem of how they provide for their security. That had to be done in future negotiation.<br /><br />https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bernie-sanders-show/id1223800705?mt=2&i=1000390055115<br />hardindrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275899305949454964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49471204441602905212017-08-14T20:35:26.334-04:002017-08-14T20:35:26.334-04:00Anon 6:22 "Washington has provided aid in the...Anon 6:22 "Washington has provided aid in the past—between 1995 and 2005 roughly $1.1 billion worth, about 60 percent of which was food. The rest was energy under the Agreed Framework plus some medical supplies. Since then assistance has been only little and occasional." <br /><br />Anon 6:17 -- the stated purpose of our NK policy has been to keep them from becoming a nuclear threat. For years, Presidents have kicked the can down the road. Now, we're at or near the point we have feared.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49953574114354393212017-08-14T20:10:45.077-04:002017-08-14T20:10:45.077-04:00Go awayGo awayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-6550650628728530432017-08-14T20:08:27.932-04:002017-08-14T20:08:27.932-04:00Personally, I have a lot of respect for DPRK, one ...Personally, I have a lot of respect for DPRK, one - the only one - trully independent country on this planet. <br /><br />It leaders do, however, tend to use flamboyant rhetoric, towards the US of A, which is understandable, considering the actions - nay, crimes against humanity - perpetrated on its territory by such irrational animals as Curtis LeMay, for example.<br /><br />Anyway, judging by what one reads in the papers these days, one can hardly imagine a more irrational creature on Earth than a typical US or NATO general...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89414846080853447242017-08-14T18:17:08.427-04:002017-08-14T18:17:08.427-04:00I wouldn't call years of peace a total failure...I wouldn't call years of peace a total failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-40521267851410197222017-08-14T18:03:19.407-04:002017-08-14T18:03:19.407-04:00Criticizing Trump's NK rhetoric compared to wh...Criticizing Trump's NK rhetoric compared to what? Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama had policies that totally failed. Under their policies we continued to give material support to NK, while they continued to develop nuclear weapons and delivery rockets. Will Trump do better? I don't know, but he can hardly do worse.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60369997132318730162017-08-14T17:24:44.294-04:002017-08-14T17:24:44.294-04:00Hello and welcome to my commentings.
I have it h...Hello and welcome to my commentings. <br /><br />I have it here now a warning posting about a punjab cricket. Do not eat it a punjab cricket. <br /><br />If eat of it a punjab cricket, you have it a bad smell gas. <br /><br />At one time my lady friend name Smupa eat it a punjab cricket. She then have it a bad smell gas for 3.5 days. <br /><br />Not good for this my friend. Thank you.Prathahttp://www.prathamathantha.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-14846644769009826902017-08-14T16:22:16.011-04:002017-08-14T16:22:16.011-04:00... two unbalanced nutjobs, both with nukes and so...... two unbalanced nutjobs, both with nukes and something to prove. Not good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1926307482980129632017-08-14T16:12:31.118-04:002017-08-14T16:12:31.118-04:00And...?And...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com