Aknauta
01-20-2003, 11:21 AM
washingtontimes.com
January 15, 2003
Deja vu with North Korea
Helle Dale
We seem to have entered a time warp. George Santayana once famously wrote that those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it, but, unfortunately, sometimes even those who do remember the past repeat it, too.
Consider this lead paragraph from Monday's front page of The Washington Times, " 'The United States is willing to consider energy aid for North Korea if Pyongyang ends nuclear weapons development,' a U.S. envoy said today."
" 'Once we get beyond the nuclear weapons, there may be opportunities with the U.S., with private investors, with other countries to help North Korea in the energy area,' Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly said at a news conference in Seoul." Substitute the name of Mr. Kelly with that of Clinton administration National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, and all this could have been written a decade ago.
let's look at what the record on North Korea should tells us about Iraq. (http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030115-84934879.htm)
January 15, 2003
Deja vu with North Korea
Helle Dale
We seem to have entered a time warp. George Santayana once famously wrote that those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it, but, unfortunately, sometimes even those who do remember the past repeat it, too.
Consider this lead paragraph from Monday's front page of The Washington Times, " 'The United States is willing to consider energy aid for North Korea if Pyongyang ends nuclear weapons development,' a U.S. envoy said today."
" 'Once we get beyond the nuclear weapons, there may be opportunities with the U.S., with private investors, with other countries to help North Korea in the energy area,' Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly said at a news conference in Seoul." Substitute the name of Mr. Kelly with that of Clinton administration National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, and all this could have been written a decade ago.
let's look at what the record on North Korea should tells us about Iraq. (http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030115-84934879.htm)