Another Hipocricy

North Korea. An Freind for Bush

from PolMach Forums

After all this talk from the Bush Administration about how evil North Korea is and how evil Bill Clinton is for talking with them, I found myself agreeing with them. North Korea is a dangerous nation who is eager to display their power with nuclear technology.

You can imagine how shocked I was when George Bush decided it was time to lift sanctions against North Korea that were enforced under the Trading With the Enemy Act. Nuclear technology is now avalible for trade with a country that Bush himself once called part of "the axis of evil". This hipocrisy should not appear as a shock to anyone with an I.Q. over 6, but still to trade and befriend a nation who actually has the kind of weapons we were looking for in Iraq. WMDs....

Well so it is just a quick bit of politics that could in the end, lead to another insecurity for America. All thanks to one under qualified dope that has been known to be called the "Commander in Cheif". 

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
While I agree that North Korea is a rogue nation that should be shunned by all other nations, this is a negotiation step. They have agreed to certain conditions in order to receive this. That's how international politics work. Perhaps in the end this may be a step in the right direction, perhaps it's a serious mistake. Time will tell.

Personally I doubt that N. Korea will become a respectable member of the world community any time in the near future, but any step in that direction is a good one.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Personally I doubt that N. Korea will become a respectable member of the world community any time in the near future, but any step in that direction is a good one.
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I agree. When you set conditions, and they are met, you have to honor them or be no better than the clowns the conditions are set on. It would be better to isolate the nation until tiny Kim is gone, but politics do not work that way.

It would have been dishonest as well as hypocritical if Bush had not honored the conditions set forth. But he will be vilified for it by the people that would have done it if he had been hypocritical and not honored them.
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Reply #3 from PolMach Forums Top

Wait a minute, isn't coming down on Clinton for trading and calling N. Korea part of the axis of evil then trading with them..isn't this hypocritical? Thats my point here.

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
down on Clinton
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Which Clinton?
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wait a minute, isn't coming down on Clinton for trading and calling N. Korea part of the axis of evil then trading with them..isn't this hypocritical? Thats my point here.
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Only if you fail to take into account the conditions of the current negotiations. Situations change and the world isn't black and white. Had Bush made this change without certain negotiation conditions having been met then yes it would be. But, the whole point of the negotiations is give and take. They give something, we give something, that's the way it works in the real world.

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wait a minute, isn't coming down on Clinton for trading and calling N. Korea part of the axis of evil then trading with them..isn't this hypocritical? Thats my point here.
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You miss the point if that is your concern. The difference is that Mr. Clinton gave North Korea everything they asked for on the promise that North Korea would do as we asked. They lied and did what they wanted and we looked stupid.

Mr. Bush on the other hand said, do this first and after you do this then we will do that. They did what we asked and in return we honored our agreement. It is still incremental and can be reversed if we discover we are being played by them again.

Also the Clinton administration did this on their own rather than using China, and including South Korea and Japan and demanding the six party talks as the Bush administration had done. The chiding of the Clinton administration was because they made a deal just to make a deal with no safeguards to ensure the North Koreans kept their end of the bargain. This was evidenced when it was discovered that the North had not kept their end of the bargain but demanded we keep our word and still provide the things the Clinton administration promised even after they admitted they lied and cheated.