Here we go again...
round and round.
Raw Story has an article from AFP that indicates to the discerning reader that the US is unable to move forward with the talks with North Korea.
It's reported that the US is asking the DPRK to go ahead and shut down their plutonium producing reactor and the US will in return pledge to find a way to get the infamous $25M money to them from Banco Delta Asia.
According to US representative C. Hill, it's very complicated, so all North Korea has to do is trust the US and everything will be OK.
Of course, back on February 13, when an agreement was announced, the deal was that the US would get NK the funds, and then the reactor would be shut down.
What's complicated is that the Department of the Treasury has blocked the money and the State Department cannot convince them to unblock it, despite having given assurances that they would. Now the State Department wants North Korea to believe that they will unblock the money in the future, as soon as the 'complications' are resolved.
It's really mind-numbingly ridiculous, but so it goes. The US government wants the DPRK to take on faith that the US government can resolve its own inner contradictions, someday.
So N. Korea starts testing missiles, which at least makes sense.
Raw Story has an article from AFP that indicates to the discerning reader that the US is unable to move forward with the talks with North Korea.
It's reported that the US is asking the DPRK to go ahead and shut down their plutonium producing reactor and the US will in return pledge to find a way to get the infamous $25M money to them from Banco Delta Asia.
According to US representative C. Hill, it's very complicated, so all North Korea has to do is trust the US and everything will be OK.
Of course, back on February 13, when an agreement was announced, the deal was that the US would get NK the funds, and then the reactor would be shut down.
What's complicated is that the Department of the Treasury has blocked the money and the State Department cannot convince them to unblock it, despite having given assurances that they would. Now the State Department wants North Korea to believe that they will unblock the money in the future, as soon as the 'complications' are resolved.
It's really mind-numbingly ridiculous, but so it goes. The US government wants the DPRK to take on faith that the US government can resolve its own inner contradictions, someday.
So N. Korea starts testing missiles, which at least makes sense.
posted by Dick Durata at 4:52 PM
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