Let's Not Pretend We Make Progress on North Korea

Art Brown, International Herlad Tribune | July 16, 2008

Despite hopeful voices that the six-party talks are on a good way to contain Korean nuclear program, Kim Jong Il gives us no reason to believe he really intends to give up his nuclear weapons. ++ Korean concessions are merely publicity stunts. ++ Symbolically, there were traces of uranium on the very documents submitted to D.C. in which Korea declared to come clean of their program. ++ Taking North Korea off the state-sponsored terrorist list was a mistake and will only strengthen the regime.