Political Quotes

“the Clinton administration decided, last Saturday, to ask the United Nations to lay groundwork for economic sanctions against North Korea. This move came in the wake of the collapse of diplomatic efforts to persuade Pyongyang to end its nuclear program. I support this move on the part of the administration. However, the question remains: why has the world's greatest superpower allowed itself to be manipulated and misled by the North Korean government? Although the carrot and stick approach has long been an effective tool of diplomacy, the carrot and carrot approach recently employed by the Clinton administration clearly is detrimental to world security arrangements. The United States should never have canceled the joint United States-South Korean military exercises known as 'Team Spirit' before North Korea exhibited a good faith effort to allow International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] inspectors access to their nuclear sites. Time and time again, I have enumerated the many dangers inherent in allowing the proliferation of nuclear weapons to rogue nations such as North Korea. For 40 years, it has been the policy of the United States to ensure the democratic countries of North Asia do not develop nuclear weapons. Allowing the development of a nuclear bomb in North Korea, seriously jeopardizes the credibility of that policy.”