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[Tanya]

"New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is blaming President Bush for the fact that North Korea can now hit the U.S. with nuclear missiles - after a top intelligence official told her Thursday that Kim Jong Il's ICBMs can now reach the Northwestern U.S.

"They couldn't do that when George Bush became president, and now they can," Mrs. Clinton complained to the New York Times.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/30/110516.shtml

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House Policy Committee Christopher Cox, Chairman

Clinton-Gore Aid to North Korea Supports Kim Jong-Il's Million-Man Army

Enough Plutonium to Build 65 Nuclear Bombs A Year

July 27, 2000

http://www.nautilus.org/archives/pub/ftp/napsnet/special_reports/Cox_Report_on_DPRK_Aid.txt

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Policy Removed from Reality

"The provision of U.S. aid to Kim Jong-Il during the Clinton-Gore administration has coincided with both worsening human rights abuses and stepped-up development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Rather than preventing North Korea from continuing its military buildup, the Clinton-Gore administration has financed it."

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"Aiding the Enemy

"In an astonishing reversal of nine previous U.S. administrations' policy toward North Korea, the Clinton-Gore administration, in 1994, committed not only to provide foreign aid for North Korea, but to earmark that aid primarily for the construction of nuclear reactors worth up to $6 billion."

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Apologies and Rationalizations

"At the time the Clinton-Gore administration signed the 1994 Agreed Framework with North Korea, it argued the entire agreement was "fail-safe." Supposedly, North Korean performance would be required before the U.S. provided North Korea with any benefits. The administration claimed, for example, that the light water nuclear reactors would not be provided until North Korea had frozen its nuclear weapons program, permitted inspections, and taken other actions to comply with
international concerns. "The most significant benefits for North Korea will come several years from now, after we have had an opportunity to judge its performance and its intentions," Secretary of State Warren Christopher said. "The most important benefit they will receive, the sensitive nuclear component for the light water reactors, will not be provided until North Korea fully complies with safeguard obligations, which includes accounting for its past activities."

Since taking that unrealistically optimistic approach, the Clinton-Gore
administration has met every North Korean default with an apology and a
rationalization for North Korea's behavior:

On October 21, 1994, when the Clinton-Gore administration signed the Agreed Framework, it heralded the agreement as ending North Korea's nuclear program. It was described as a complete freeze of North Korea's nuclear weapons development program. Then-Secretary of Defense Perry testified that the agreement halted
"North Korea's graphite-moderated reactor program including three nuclear reactors, facilities for separating weapons-grade plutonium, and all other nuclear fuel-related facilities." But since 1998, when the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency corrected Secretary of State Albright during sworn testimony on the North Korean nuclear program, the Clinton administration now claims the 1994 agreement actually required North Korea to shut down only two of its nuclear facilities, at Yongbyon and Taejon. Perry has said that otherwise, the North Korean nuclear weapons program continues. As if to justify the failure
of U.S. foreign aid to achieve its objective of freezing North Korea's nuclear weapons development, the Perry report describes the continuing nuclear weapons development as "small scale." While receiving U.S. foreign aid, North Korea has sent military infiltrators into South Korea. These forces have ruthlessly killed South Korean citizens. North Korea has also kidnapped South Korean citizens and tourists and held them for ransom. And on January 16, 2000, North Korean agents entered the People's Republic of China and abducted Rev. Kim Dong-shik, who
reportedly ran an underground railroad that helped North Koreans escape to freedom. Although the 1994 Agreed Framework committed North Korea to work for nuclear non-proliferation, the Clinton-Gore administration has excused North Korea's continuing proliferation and its violations of inspection requirements.

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is the foundation of the international community's efforts to account for, and thereby restrain, the spread of nuclear material suitable for weapons. It rests on signatory nations' good faith, and their willingness to submit to inspections, in exchange for obtaining and using nuclear technology. North Korea had threatened to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1992 in order to avoid international inspection of its nuclear facilities, so its 1994 commitment to promote NPT objectives was a significant concession. The Clinton-Gore administration's waiver of this obligation is inexcusable. The Agreed Framework has left North Korea with the capability to begin reprocessing plutonium at a moment's notice. Today, five years after the Agreed Framework was signed, North Korea's nuclear weapons
development is still ongoing. The Clinton-Gore administration now argues that North Korea's potential for nuclear reprocessing is the very reason the U.S. must continue paying it foreign aid. Despite North Korean noncompliance with the Agreed Framework, the Perry report states, "U.S. security objectives may therefore require the U.S. to supplement the Agreed Framework, but we must not undermine or supplant it."

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"The Clinton-Gore policy, it is now clear, has severely worsened the threat that North Korea poses to the world by systematically rewarding Kim Jong-Il for his most dangerous misconduct. It has provided North Korea with an increased capacity for the development of nuclear weapons and the long-range missiles to deliver them. As its military capabilities have advanced, time has worked to Pyongyang's advantage--and will continue to do so, as long as the Clinton-Gore administration continues to invest its faith, its naivete, and U.S. taxpayer dollars in this despicable Stalinist regime."

[GM Strong]

We know it had nothing to do with the Nuclear reactor deals of Madame Halfbright and Pres. Jimmuh, Right? ... and the deal with Loral selling technology to the ChiComs. NAH!!

By the way, Senator Rodham Clinton Rodham, Who hired Craig Livingstone??
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8th Army Korea 68-69

[shawa]

This was originally Jimmy Carter's baby.
He went off on a misson of his own, without any authority from
Clinton or the State department, to conduct talks with N. Korea.
I remember at the time there was some mention of it in the press
but it was stated that he had no official capacity to negotiate.
I thought who the heck does this officious busy-body think he is???
Then he comes back with a deal, announces it to the press,
and gets Brother Al Gore to convince Clinton to sign on to the deal!!!

[rparrott21]

Boy the Clinton's seem to never take any credit for anything that happened in their 8 years...Stand up and take a bow

[GM Strong]

[PhantomSgt]

After having spent nearly 10 years in South Korea and observing close-up the posturing, idle threats and outlandish claims of the North, I can say one should only believe one percent of the rhetoric. Self-promotion for benefit of the people closest to Kim is important to maintain his grip on power. Little Father does not garner the same respect as Dear Father did and is constantly walking a tightrope to stay ahead of those forces that would depose him if the right opportunity arose.

Does Kim posses the Genie? Maybe? After all the Pakistani’s were pretty free about passing out nuclear technology around the third world.

Would Little Father be stupid enough to lob a nuke at a US target and risk total retaliation and the ultimate elimination of his Nation? Simply put; NO! The one thing I realized while analyzing father and son is that we are not dealing with stupid people. Little Father likes the good life and does not have a suicide pact drawn up and has only one goal with all this press. Saving face.

Saving face would be achieving something his father never accomplished, bringing America into direct bilateral negotiations with North Korea. Thus the son could finally step out of the father’s shadow and have his own legacy.

Kim was banking on John Kerry being elected in 2004 who would immediately pursue direct talks with NK, in-turn allowing Kim to tighten his grip on power. When this didn’t happen, Kim was crushed when he knew he would have Bush to face for another four years. So the volume gets ratcheted up on the rhetoric to frighten America’s allies and have them apply pressure on the US to negotiate.

The Chinese are sitting back watching the game play out while thoroughly enjoying it all, the Japanese for some reason are nervous when someone mentions nuclear, the Russians always look for new arms sales business opportunities wherever they arise and the South Koreans really don’t know what they want, except the chance to hold another anti-American demonstration.

President Bush has the right idea and will never negotiate directly with the North Koreans. The USA only negotiates from a position of power, as we carry the big sticks in this street fight and Kim knows he is living at ground zero.


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Retired AF E-8

Independent that leans right of center.

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