Saturday, November 18, 2006

Nuclear Ambitions

HANOI (AP) — President Bush, trying to fortify global pressure on North Korea, on Saturday backed Pacific Rim leaders in demanding that the communist regime abandon its nuclear weapons program. In Hanoi for the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Bush worked to preserve U.S. solidarity with five nations getting ready to restart nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang.

The White House endorsed a statement all 21 Pacific Rim members will issue to express their worries about North Korea's first nuclear test on Oct. 9 and its missile launches in July. "I think we're pleased with that statement and I think it will be a good contribution to the diplomacy," National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley told reporters.

  • JJ Commentary: The continued naïveté of the world astounds me. North Korea and Iran will not ever abandon their nuclear ambitions. They will occasionally pretend to negotiate, but that is only stalling for more time. Nor will sanctions deter them. We need to either live with this or do something about it

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