New hope for nuke-free New Year on Korean peninsula

Here’s a headline that calls for equal parts optimism and skepticism: “North Korean nuclear talks reach deal.” If the blueprint that came of out six-country talks is realized, North Korea could be disarmed by Jan. 1. Can a peaceful end to the North Korean nuclear issue really be so close at hand? “We’re into the nuts and bolts now of implementing de-nuclearization,” said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. In any case, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il should be finding plenty to talk about during their rare summit this week.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

9 Comments

  1. Doug
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 2:03 am | Permalink

    Progress through diplomacy? It would have been nice if that were tried with other countries, especially ones that had oil in their borders.

  2. Jonas Outram
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 2:32 am | Permalink

    Asians can’t be trusted, and we will have to deal with the Koreans and the Chinks and sooner than later.

  3. thinkfirst
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 6:08 am | Permalink

    Who are we trying to kid here? Krazy Kim is not going to give up the one thing that makes him a player-his nukes. Notice GWB leaves this guy alone. No oil, and Kim’s not afraid of US. Those North Korean nukes will be there long after the 1st. of the year.

  4. Mary Caruso
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 9:07 am | Permalink

    He’s trying to blackmail us for money..he’s really not a threat to anyone other than his own people.

  5. outlander
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 9:34 am | Permalink

    Quite a success story for this Bush administration diplomacy effort.

    I wonder when the accolades from our liberal friends will start arriving?

  6. The Phantom
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 10:15 am | Permalink

    After all the pissing and moaning about Carter paying off the N.K, for their nuclear freeze, Bush has done the same thing, just took him alot longer, and in the mean time he let them build up their capabilities, and test new longer range missles. Bush rocks!

  7. Ben
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 10:24 am | Permalink

    It would be nice to see this work. It does illustrate an interesting quandry: how can we promote the use of nuclear power while at the same time avoiding weapons proliferation? Whether we are talking about Korea, Iran, Brazil, or wherever.

  8. Econ101
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

    Type “Nukes Korea Syria Israel” into your browser:

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/09182007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/nukes_in_syria_.htm

    Israel just confiscated or destroyed quite a bit of Nuclear material in Syria.

    That material came from North Korea.

  9. Ben
    Posted October 3, 2007 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

    And how much of Israel’s nuclear arsenal comes from the US?