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...then Under Secretary of State John Bolton calls Kim a "tyrannical dictator" whose people's lives are a "hellish nightmare." Pyongyang dubs Bolton a "bloodsucker" and "human scum...
Nobody quite knows if North Korea is gearing up to test nuclear weapons, but there's no doubting its arsenal of insults for its nemesis, the United States. Pyongyang blasted George W. Bush in a newspaper editorial last week, calling the U.S. President "a first-class war maniac." A top Chinese Foreign Ministry official said the diplomatic taunts, particularly Bush's April comment calling North Korea's Kim Jong Il a "tyrant," had "destroyed the atmosphere" for productive negotiations. But this war of words has been escalating for years...
...minds at ease. Bush's biking partner for the day, Mike Wood, had borrowed the book-which includes ample accounts of steamy sex-play-and had returned Bush's copy that day. Sources familiar with Bush's current bedside favorites say he is reading The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger recommended the book, and now Bush is encouraging his staff to read it too. They'll get to it soon enough. They're all still reading I am Charlotte Simmons...
...line on Russian democracy appeared to dissolve into simply a difference in interpretation of history, Bush-watchers were left with important questions: Is the president really as serious about spreading democracy as he claims to be? Will he apply his democratic doctrine to the authoritarian regimes in Havana and Pyongyang, Rangoon and Riyadh? Will he put America’s money where his mouth is and encourage worldwide democracy with rhetorical carrots as well as sticks? The president has three more years in office during which he will have to answer these questions...
...accept it as a member of the nuclear club?as happened with Pakistan and India, which detonated bombs in the late '90s. But North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il would be taking a huge gamble. Detonating a nuke would give Washington a stronger argument for imposing economic sanctions. Even Pyongyang's nominal ally China might react harshly, concerned that a regional arms race would ensue. On Thursday, U.S. President George W. Bush phoned China's President Hu Jintao to urge him to take firmer action against his neighbor. Meanwhile, Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke...