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In reply to the discussion: Just a little history lesson for the "Clintons are War Mongers" crowd. [View all]shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)President Clinton was working (negotiating with the enemy) on a long term path to peace. Part of that deal was for North Korea to not pursue nuclear weapons. Things were moving forward until the Texas Turd announced that North Korea was part of the axis of evil. Another Texas cowpie, Karen Hughes came to the microphone and said that we don't negotiate with our enemies and we don't do nuance.
The situation we're in, is due in great part to lil' Bush scrubbing years of work. The Obama team reached out, with no support from the Republicans in Congress, but North Korea felt their best position was to develop nukes.
This recent history is never mentioned in the media reports on our current situation. And that's a damned shame. It was the Republican leadership and party that pushed North Korea to build a nuclear arsenal.