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Default That damned Clinton

On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:55:00 -0700, jps wrote:

On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:41:31 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:00:54 -0700, jps wrote:

We are not really sure what was in the bag, we just know who the bag
man was. I imagine we gave them a fat foreign aid package.
The lesson reaffirmed was, take hostages or threaten us and the US
will pay up.
That has been true at least since the Kennedy administration when JFK
gave Kruschev everything he wanted to get the missiles out of Cuba, in
spite of a lot of gothic theater and saber rattling.

We gave them a photo op. KJI made it into a state visit to bolster
his own image within the country. He's trying to manipulate handing
power to his son and he's not doing as well as he'd like in the being
worshipped department.

This was purely KJI proving that he had the stones and the leverage to
get a former president to come to NK.

If we gave them anything, it'd have come through the State Department
and official channels.


I am sure the concessions did come through the State Department. The
former president does speak to the SoS occasionally ... I imagine.


The deal was that Clinton's appearance would reflect well on dear
leader. That was payment enough.


That's what the right wing talk show guys were saying. That is the
minimum payment he got.
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John H


 
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