Big Victory for Bush administration

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
When Brits speak proper English, they're said to be speaking "the Queen's English."

When we Yanks are speaking proper English, are we said to be speaking "George Bush's English?"

Try it sometime and we'll let you know.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Color me shocked.

There's actually a reasonable explanation for this. The ROK just had a presidential election, which was won by Lee Myung-Bak, a conservative, pro US candidate who has been quoted as saying he would get tough on North Korea. This is a big change in Korean politics as the conservatives have not been in power for a decade and the Sunshine policy is the Liberal side's creation (Presidents Kim Dae Jung and Roh Moo Hyun).

Lee takes office in a couple of months, I think, and I'm guessing the North Koreans are waiting to see which way he'll jump. If he starts talking tough, the North will probably withdraw from the agreement. If Lee is smart, he'll continue with the de-escalation policy.

[Wezil]

Or maybe they had no intention of complying in the first place.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Agathon
There's actually a reasonable explanation for this.

Wanting to see if they can get a bigger bribe to pretend to do what they should have done over a decade ago?

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Berzerker




Pity the fool who started a thread praising Clinton for saving us from N Korea. If N Korea ever complies with any deal, it will be because China told them to comply.

Wasn't China as shocked and affronted as anybody when NK tested a nuke? I don't think China has nearly the influence over NK that it thought it did.

[Julian Delphiki]

Was it a even a real nukular test?

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Wezil


Try it sometime and we'll let you know.

The orthography is different but to be honest Canadians from Ontario to Alberta sound accent-less to me.