January 11, 2003

'Positive' N. Korea talks in New Mexico end

A three-day meeting between Gov. Bill Richardson with two North Korean diplomats, designed to ease the crisis caused by North Korea's pulling out of the nuclear weapons nonproliferation treaty, ended on Saturday.

Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who has dealt extensively with North Korea, met Saturday at his governor's mansion with Han Song Ryol, North Korea's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, and Mun Jong Chol, first secretary to the United Nations.
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Sources close to the discussions described the talks as substantive.
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Richardson has repeatedly underscored that the talks are not negotiations and that he is not an envoy of the Bush administration.
[...]The sources said the meetings with Richardson came about quickly, when the North Koreans approached him after the United States -- in a policy shift -- said Tuesday that it would be willing to meet with them.

In addition to Richardson's experience with North Korea during his service as ambassador to the United Nations and as energy secretary, he also, while a congressman, negotiated the 1996 release of Evan Hunziker, who was held by North Korea on suspicion of espionage.

This makes me livid!
The only people with an ethnic background Richardson was elected to deal with were New Mexico's Indians!
If he were meant to function as the U.S. diplomatic representative, President Bush would have appointed him in that capacity; as it was, Clintoon only kept him in the post of U.N. Ambassador for a measly year!
And the only time that Richardson has "dealt extensively with North Korea" was in getting out a U.S. soldier or 2 that were being held hostage by the NorKs when he was a Congressman!
His biggest feat as the UN rep was alledgedly to have--get this!--negotiated a peace between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance in 1997...and we all know how long that lasted!
I posted this not only because I am OUTRAGED that a member of the *last Administration*--which, lest we forget, masterminded that abyssmal Agreement with the NorKs in 1994--just took it upon himself to "talk" to these plutonium playboys, but also because this puff piece that CNN tried to perpetrate on the American public shows they still have on their Monica knee pads for BillyJeffBlythe and his merry band of bureaucrats 24/7!
Proof positive that Bill Clinton's "shadow government" is alive and well!
Clinton arranged these "talks:" I know it. It's got Bubba written all over it.
[And as is S.O.P. with the Clintoonians, what will come out of this meeting? Bupkis! Nada! Nothing!...except after meeting with Bill R., the NorKs pulled out of the NPTreaty. Great work, Richardson!]
How else could those NorKs find their way to New Mexico? (Hell, some Americans can't find Santa Fe!)
And how did they know to talk to Richardson?
Again, somebody with some seeming gravitas told them to--WJBC.
Color me Tight Assed, but I want these kinds of things to go through the proper channels--that way, the NorKs can't tool us around with more casually-made threats about deadly serious weapons and then pretend that it was "unofficial" or "off the record" or "just kidding".
Damn Richardson!
Double damn Bill Clinton!
And TRIPLE damn those godd*mn Dimocrats who always think they know best about everything, especially international peace talks!
You're gonna get us all killed!
Stop it!
And I hope that the White House blasted Richardson and *any others* (you know who you are, Bill, Hill and Terry McAuliffe) involved for taking such horrendous liberties with our Nation's foreign affairs and trying to reshape our foreign policy the Tranzi way!
President Bush is in charge--and the Secretay of State, our Ambassador to the UN and the staff at the State Dept answer to him, not to either Clinton and certainly not to Bill Richardson!
Update: More fruit from Richardson's little talk with the Norks!
North Korea calls for 'holy war' vs. U.S.

North Korea called for a "holy war against the United States'' Saturday and declared it was ready to resume missile tests and may start reprocessing spent fuel rods from its nuclear reactor to make atomic bombs.

Can you believe this bullsh*t?!?
A "holy war!"
And these people aren't even Muslims!
In fact, they're supposed to be God-less Communists.