Obama scores major diplomatic coup

[Guns Guns Guns]

North Korea agreed on Wednesday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow checks by nuclear inspectors, in an apparent policy shift that paves the way for resuming long-stalled disarmament talks.



The surprise breakthrough, announced simultaneously by the U.S. State Department and North Korea, also includes U.S. food aid for the impoverished state and makes possible the resumption of six-nation nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang. The news followed bilateral diplomatic talks in Beijing last week.



"These are concrete measures that we consider a positive first step toward complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in a peaceful manner," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.




http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/korea-north-usa-idUSL4E8DT8BW20120229

 

[Damocles]

Didn't Bill Clinton pay them to do this same thing, which they ignored, enriched uranium, and tested a very short period after Clinton left office? (Believe me it takes more than 6 years, note how long it has taken for Iran or how long it took for Pakistan to get there, the idea that they did it only after GWB took office is laughable).

In the past NK has shown that they are willing to give and then ignore such promises in order to get free food...

I like that we got them to agree to this, and this is good for Obama without a doubt, but I just want to point out the history of such agreements. It may be that Kim III will bargain in good faith, but I have my doubts and for good reason.

 

[Bonestorm]

Didn't Bill Clinton pay them to do this same thing, which they ignored, enriched uranium, and tested a very short period after Clinton left office? (Believe me it takes more than 6 years, note how long it has taken for Iran or how long it took for Pakistan to get there, the idea that they did it only after GWB took office is laughable).

In the past NK has shown that they are willing to give and then ignore such promises in order to get free food...

I like that we got them to agree to this, and this is good for Obama without a doubt, but I just want to point out the history of such agreements. It may be that Kim III will bargain in good faith, but I have my doubts and for good reason.

Your memory is fucked. Under the Clinton negotiated Agreed Framework, N. Korea's nuclear fuel was locked in an IAEA monitored facility. In October 2002, the Bush Administration announced that it was withdrawing from the Agreed Framework. In response, North Korea kicked out the IAEA inspectors, unsealed the fuel and started up its reactors.

 

[RockX]

The reason the Bush administration withdrew, was due to [FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]North Korean government officials admitting their country had secretly continued development of nuclear weapons in violation of a 1994 non-proliferation agreement with the United States.[/FONT]