North Korea Pledges to Give Up Nukes?Okay, their promises aren't worth much, but if
this were happening in a Democratic administration it would be hailed as brilliant diplomacy.
North Korea promised to give up its nuclear weapons program on Monday, defusing a high-stakes crisis, but skeptics said the deal hammered out in Beijing was long on words and short of action.
South Korea, the United States, Japan, Russia and China -- the other players in the six-party talks -- in exchange expressed a willingness to provide oil, energy aid and security guarantees.Hmmm, energy aid? Isn't the purpose of North Korea's nuclear power plants to provide energy?
