Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A Foreign Policy Victory by Obama You Won't Hear About

Several presidents have tried to bring North Korea to the table for a constructive solution to their nuclear program and all have failed. Even with Chinese pressure,North Korea has played a game of stalling and postponing talks, let alone concrete gestures to mollify their neighbors' concerns about their nuclear program.

Today, the State Department announced that North Korea agreed to suspend its uranium-enrichment program and its long-range and nuclear tests if the United States would provide 240,000 metric tons of food to the impoverished country.

In addition, North Korea agreed to suspend all operations at one of their research facilities and agreed to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to return and monitor their uranium-enrichment facilities.

While the story made the Washington Post, don't expect other much celebration from the pundit class. But in the immortal words of Joe Biden, it is a "Big F***king Deal". Congratulations to President Obama and Hilary Clinton.

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