From the International Herald Tribune on 5 Oct 2006:
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China joins with critics of N. Korea
The Bush administration sent a direct message to North Korea on Wednesday, warning it not to set off a nuclear test, and later declared the United States was "not going to live with" a nuclear-armed North Korea.
The later statement came in a speech Wednesday by Christopher Hill, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
"We are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea, we are not going to accept it," he said, Reuters reported. Hill did not suggest what the U.S. response would be and gave no hint of an economic or military response. But in the speech on North Korea, he said: "It can have a future or it can have these weapons. It cannot have both."
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How many times does George Jr draw a line in the sand, watch the line be crossed, do nothing, and then draw another line? North Korea claims to have conducted a nuclear test. George Jr only draws another sand line - empty threats.
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Bush Says N. Korea Nuclear Test a Threat
Once again, North Korea has defied the will of the international community and the international community will respond," Bush said. ...
"The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States," Bush said.
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Another threat without consequences results in a term called 'paper tiger'. A smart leader would not make threats he obviously cannot backup with action. That is not even a bluff. A dumb leader bluffs so often that no one believes him. It says but again how toothless George Jr has made America. It says so much about the man's intellgence, his inability to even play poker, and that lying is so usual for George Jr.