Chief US negoticator Christopher Hill wears a weary smile these days. At the upcoming 6 party talks in Beijing, he sadly expresses doubts that talks with North Korea will progress a millemetre towards resolving the nuclear standoff. The war of words between Seoul and Pyongyang contribute to North Korea's foot dragging. That, let's us remind our gentle readers, is of recent date and is not at the root of Pyongyang's delay in furnishing a fuller if not complete laundry list of its nuclear arsenal which it says it's committed to scrap. Pyongyang acts in quid pro quo negotications; if it promises one thing, it expects the other party to live up to the bargain North Korea struck with it. The US has engaged to do something, which owing to bad reporting, we have a hazy idea of. It has stalled in fulfilling its part of the handshake in November 2007. In consequent, it should surprises no one--but the Candide's of Herr Bush's administration, that Kim Jong-il's government has dug in its heels on furthering fruitful talks with Washington. And thus the standoff. The new president in Seoul's Blue House Lee Hyung-bek's heated, tough buy rhetoric is not helping matters either. He's posturing is but a thin paper mache parrot of Herr Bush's 'axis of evil' chucklehead diplomacy. If Washington wants a deal, it better hurry up and live up to its responsibilities. And ain't that the truth!
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