Hypocrite, Bush and N.Korea Options

[Hellfighter]

So Bush likes to harp on about not negotiating with those he considers on his list of terrorist states... now he's bending over backwards lately to an obviously feigned play from N.Korea regarding bartering fuel resources in exchange for 'de-escalation in their nuke program'.

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Hipocrit doesn't recognize the complexity of the politics and situation I don't think... he may be, I dunno. Its all positioning to the puppetmasters as far as I can tell.

Seems the US administration is backing down from being the driving force for controlling and eliminating North Koreas nuclear ambitions. As they should. It doesn't make sense for the US to be the driver, when countries most affected by NK's aggressive pursuit of it haven't held them accountable for their actions and their promises.

Frankly the US doesn't need to make this its business. Doesn't mean I think NK should have nukes... The US foreign policy has been so rife with corruption and incredibly poor judgement for decades, it would do better by minding what it has on its plate, rather than widening any tensions unilaterally... which would be a loose loose scenario.

Be nice if the UN would step up and become responsible and the real governor of multination concerns, and not rely on US goodwill to police the world.

[Genocide Junkie]

Be nice if the UN would step up and become responsible and the real governor of multination concerns, and not rely on US goodwill to police the world.

Bingo. This is why we are in Iraq to begin with. I think it's time we let the UN stand on their own without our money, influence, and most of all back bone to hold it up. Until the UN decides to grow some teeth nations like Iran, Iraq, and N.Korea will continue to do as they please ignoring pointless resolutions offered up over and over and over. They have set their precedent and should now have to deal with it. Let France, Germany, Russia, and China go at it for a while.....



Junkie

[Kleerance]

Be nice if the UN would step up and become responsible and the real governor of multination concerns, and not rely on US goodwill to police the world.

Bingo. This is why we are in Iraq to begin with. I think it's time we let the UN stand on their own without our money, influence, and most of all back bone to hold it up. Until the UN decides to grow some teeth nations like Iran, Iraq, and N.Korea will continue to do as they please ignoring pointless resolutions offered up over and over and over. They have set their precedent and should now have to deal with it. Let France, Germany, Russia, and China go at it for a while.....



Junkie

Personally I admire US for their foreign policy. They got guts and determination (we leave diplomatic skills out ) They are the police of the world and we need them to be (not in everyone's opinion I know). In Balkan UN talked an talked - US took action and restored the situation! They have used power to stop Libya creating nuclear weapons (if they had not who knows what would have happened.) And in Israel, how do you think the situation would be like if it wasn't for the support from US. Besides, US have an obligation to support Israel since they were the instigator of this nation, and it's therefore important to sustain a stable situation in the region. And I think this is a partial cause why many muslim states hate US so much......unforunately.

However, to Junkie: You cannot blame other countries to deal with a situation created by US (and partial UK). Remember how the invasion in Iraq almost created a diplomatic crisis because US had no backing from the rest of UN to invade Iraq. Still they did. (Germany and France disagreed in a large scale on this issue.)

I think it's time we let the UN stand on their own without our money, influence, and most of all back bone to hold it up.

Just to clarify about UN. US is a part of UN (UN is named by Roosevelt), so it's not just they and us. US have a total debt to UN to 526 million $ (80% of UN's total debt), and I guess some payback of US debt would be a nice start.

One may have many opinions about the UN policies, but to suggest that UN have to clean up a mess they didn't start is a bit out line in my opinion.