North Korea Idiotic?

Before the movers and shakers of the Council of Foreign Relations, US secretary of state Condolezza Rice opined that 'only "an idiot" would trust North Korean promises that it abandoned its nuclear programmes". Well, blimey! Then why did Mme. Rice reverse course as Bush's secretary of state, in her boss' second term, and begin negotiating with Pyongyang? Well, Bush's play hardball diplomacy splatted egg on Bush's face after 4 years of name calling and boasts of bringing about regime change in North Korea. Bush & co. had to eat crow for its obtuseness ushered Pyongyang into the world's nuclear club! Then did serious negotations of a sort began. So who's idiotic? And can you trust Washington, a North Korean wag may ask?