http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/09/of-bush-north-korea-hypocrisy-and-stupidity/ Missives From the Reality-Based World Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/09/of-bush-north-korea-hypocrisy-and-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Being Right Sucks Sometimes. at The Indigestible Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:47:23 +0000 http://indigestible.nightwares.com/2006/10/09/of-bush-north-korea-hypocrisy-and-stupidity/#comment-66 [...] Those of you who linked to my commentary on North Korea last week — whether to enjoy a bit of Bush-bashing, or possibly to revel in some Bush-bashing, might have noticed my addendum to the article, written as an afterthought perhaps an hour after the original post (and one reason I decided to add asides to TI, so I wouldn’t have to do that so much any more): Watch China. We can’t do shit there. That will leave it up to Japan, South Korea and China to handle this. I’m willing to bet that the Chinese response will be well-received, and improve that nation’s status in the eyes of most of the rest of the world. Except, of course, in the US. By being unable to react, Bush has left the door open to the possibility of a sino-nipponese alliance; the entire politics of dealing with Asia will be utterly different by 2010. [...] […] Those of you who linked to my commentary on North Korea last week — whether to enjoy a bit of Bush-bashing, or possibly to revel in some Bush-bashing, might have noticed my addendum to the article, written as an afterthought perhaps an hour after the original post (and one reason I decided to add asides to TI, so I wouldn’t have to do that so much any more): Watch China. We can’t do shit there. That will leave it up to Japan, South Korea and China to handle this. I’m willing to bet that the Chinese response will be well-received, and improve that nation’s status in the eyes of most of the rest of the world. Except, of course, in the US. By being unable to react, Bush has left the door open to the possibility of a sino-nipponese alliance; the entire politics of dealing with Asia will be utterly different by 2010. […]

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