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Skriven 2006-10-11 06:40:51 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 23729 av Bob Sakowski (1:275/311)
Ärende: North Korea
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Bob Sakowski -> John Hull wrote:
 BS> John Hull wrote:

 >> Not only are you an apologist for the left, you don't even
 >> know the history of the point you try to use to attack Bush.

 BS> History lesson.

 BS> John McCain seems to have some difficulties with physics and the
 BS> historical record in his attempt to blame Bill Clinton for the latest
 BS> crisis on the Korean Peninsula.

 BS> Said the Arizona Senator: "I would remind Senator (Hillary) Clinton and
 BS> other critics of the Bush administration policies that the framework
 BS> agreement of the Clinton administration was a failure."

 BS> Some basic facts.

 BS> The 1994 crisis came about because the North Koreans were producing
 BS> weapons-grade plutonium. Under the Agreed Framework, they agreed to
 BS> shutter the plutonium production facility and put the already produced
 BS> plutonium under international oversight.

 BS> In return, the US promised aide, help building lightwater reactors
 BS> (which don't help with bombs) and diplomatic normalization.

 BS> That agreement kept the plutonium operation on ice until the end of
 BS> 2002.

 BS> President Bush came to office wanting to pull out of the agreement and
 BS> did so when evidence surfaced suggesting that the North Koreans were
 BS> secretly trying to enrich uranium (a separate path to the bomb).

 BS> The bomb that went off yesterday was made with plutonium, the same stuff
 BS> that was off-limits from 1994-2002. In all likelihood some of the same
 BS> stuff that was on ice from 1994-2002.

 BS> To the best of my knowledge, no one thinks the North Koreans are close
 BS> to having enough uranium to make a nuclear weapon that way. And it's
 BS> not even completely they were ever trying to enrich uranium.

 BS> So Clinton strikes deal to keep plutonium out of the North Koreans'
 BS> hands. The deal keeps the plutonium out of reach for the last six years
 BS> of Clinton's term and the first two of Bush's. Bush pulls out of the
 BS> deal. Four years later a plutonium bomb explodes.

 BS> Clinton's fault, right?

 BS> There's certainly an argument to be made that you don't make agreements
 BS> with parties you don't trust, like the North Koreans. And perhaps
 BS> President Bush would have had some leg to stand on if he'd pulled out
 BS> of the Agreed Framework and replaced it with something better -- either
 BS> force or a better agreement. But he didn't. He just did nothing for
 BS> four years. Now we have plutonium, probably uranium and actual bombs.
 BS> And according to McCain, it's all Bill Clinton's fault.

 BS> (ed.note: As a somewhat separate matter, there is legitimate debate
 BS> about who was more responsible for the breakdown of the Agreed
 BS> Framework. Neither side lived up to what it had promised. But that's
 BS> another story. The key though is what exploded Sunday night.)
 BS> [end]
 BS> http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/010308.php

 BS> You're welcome.

 BS> Bush screwed, and continues to screw, the pooch.

 BS> Worst president, ever.  Worst administration, ever.  Most corrupt
 BS> administration, ever.

 BS> Must make you proud, John.

Right, I'm gonna take your word and what some leftwing blog says over virtually
every analyst who came on TV and radio to talk about it. Sure, Bob.  In your
freakin' dreams.

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