Which Useless Deal with North Korea Was Best?
by Richardson ~ November 30th, 2007. Filed under: Asides.Kenneth Quinones, a former DoS official intimately involved in the 1994 Agreed Framework, compares the Clinton and Bush deals with North Korea (PDF), concluding that the former accomplished more in 18 months than the latter did in 7 years. Quinones, of course, fails to mention that Bush inherited the HEU problem Clinton swept under the rug; a deal is only as good as it is enforced, and the Clinton administration failed miserable on that count. . (h/t Korean Unification Studies)
December 1st, 2007 at 9:55 pm
In both cases, the ROK sure didn’t help matters. Their carrot and carrot stick approach is about the furthest thing from actual logic. Morons.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:24 am
In 1994 South Korea resisted the Agreed Framework, until Kim Dae-jung came into office. Now, as you note, the stick is made of carrots. Probably w/o South Korean help, or w/o a much larger Chinese effort, North Korea would have collapsed by this time.