Doing Ann's homework for her.
There are only two choices with savages: Fight or run. Democrats always want to run, but they dress it up in meaningless catchphrases like "diplomacy," "detente," "engagement," "multilateral engagement," "multilateral diplomacy," "containment" and "going to the U.N."
Guilty as charged.
"We want to solve this problem diplomatically, and the best way to solve the problem diplomatically is for all of us to be working in concert and to send one message, and that is to Kim Jong Il that ... 'We expect you to adhere to international norms, and we expect you to keep your word,'" Bush said at a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
PRESIDENT PUTIN: I concur with the assessment given by my colleague, Mr. Bush. And naturally, our position is well-known, we are guided by the facts that it's more worthwhile perhaps to eliminate a certain part of nuclear potentials. At the same time, I'd like to point out another thing here. Any man who has at least once in his career dealt with arms, had arms in his hands, at least to hunt or a rifle or whatever, he knows that it's much better, much safer to have it in stock disarmed, disassembled perhaps, rather than to have it in your arms and charged with bullets in it and with your finger on the trigger at the same time. This is a different state of affairs, as it were.
And the fact that we agreed with President Bush regarding such detente, in such manner, this is a serious move ahead to ensure international security, which is a very good sign as regards the relationship between our two countries.
President Bush urged the United States to engage the international community as a means of building prosperity, security, freedom and hope around the world in his State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress and the American people.
Speaking at the U.S. Capitol January 31, Bush said that in the “decisive year” of 2006, the United States must choose to exercise leadership in the world in order to secure peace and protect its citizens.
“In a complex and challenging time, the road of isolationism and protectionism may seem broad and inviting – yet it ends in danger and decline. The only way to protect our people … the only way to secure the peace … the only way to control our destiny is by our leadership – so the United States of America will continue to lead,” Bush said.
President Bush: The friendship between our two nations is based on common values. These values include democracy, free enterprise, and a deep and abiding respect for human rights. These values have created a better life for both our peoples, a firm alliance between our two nations, and a common approach to our engagement with the world.
South Korea officials and others, including Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urged the United States to conduct one-on-one negotiations with North Korea. The administration dismissed the idea in favor of continuing multilateral diplomacy.
"It is my hope that the United States will negotiate directly with the North Koreans ... and try to resolve our differences in a dignified way and I think that will happen," Specter said. "I don't think anybody wants to set off a nuclear war."
Bush said the best way to solve the problem diplomatically is for there to be more than one nation speaking to North Korea and more than just America voicing concern. "It's more effective for them to hear from a group of nations rather than one nation," Bush said.
Added Snow: "If it was the desire of Kim Jong Il to turn this into a two-party negotiation or standoff between the United States and North Korea, he blew it," Snow said. "Instead, what has happened is that the United States continues to work with its allies in the region."
In resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis, two major choices are on the table - containment or engagement. Upon entering office, the Bush Administration promptly squelched the Clinton engagement policy, and is sticking to its guns in support of containment, as resistance mounts from China, South Korea and Japan. It's instructive to see how the Bush containment policy has worked so far.
President Bush said today that the time has passed for Iran to respond to a package of incentives to stop uranium enrichment, but that there could still be opportunities for negotiations even though the case is now being referred to the United Nations Security Council.
“Their deadline passed,” said Mr. Bush during a news conference in Germany, where he met Chancellor Angela Merkel. “That’s why we’re going to the U.N. Security Council.”
Like shooting fish in a barrel... we Democrats sure love to dress shit up in meaningless catch-phrases.