Supping with the Devil
| Autor: | Robert M. Hathaway |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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| Zdroj: | World Policy Journal. 20:83-90 |
| ISSN: | 1936-0924 0740-2775 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/07402775-2004-1001 |
| Popis: | It was not an auspicious debut for the new secretary of state. Briefing Washington reporters on the contentious North Korea problem in the early weeks of George W. Bush's presidency, Colin Powell noted that some "promising elements were left on the table" by the Clinton administration. The Bush team, the secretary asserted, planned "to engage with North Korea to pick up where President Clinton and his administration left off." The unfortunate Powell might as well have announced he was a pedophile. It took the enraged neocons surrounding Bush less than 24 hours to elicit a public retraction from the secretary. "There was some suggestion that imminent negotiations are about to begin that is not the case," an embarrassed Powell told reporters the following day. The administration would undertake a full review of relations with North Korea, with "policies unique to the [Bush] administration." The Clinton approach with its "promising elements" was effectively derailed. |
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