What did you think when Bush took N. Korea off the terrorist countries list?
North Korea had a nuclear program underway during the Clinton administration. Clinton sent former President Jimmy Carter to North Korea to negotiate a treaty – we would give them $5B and they would promise not to continue their nuclear program. We gave them the $5B, which they used to buy food so they could put the food money into the nuclear program. By the end of the Clinton administration Clinton had credit for great statesmanship, Carter had a Nobel Peace Prize for enabling North Korea to get nuclear arms, North Korea had nuclear arms, and Bush got the blame. Bush approached them again, and included – my gosh! – verification. We verified that they were disabling their nuclear program and then as a reward took them off the terrorist countries list. When Obama was elected the North Koreans went back to the nuclear program. Now, Obama can put them back ont he terrorist countries list, North Korea will expand its nuclear arsenal, and Bush will be blamed once more because he took them o
