Contrary to what many would have you believe, it appears that President Bush isn’t the six-shooting, multi-colored sombrero war hawk he’s made out to be. From the beginning, Bush encouraged multi-national discussions with regional leaders hoping to disband North Korea’s nuclear ambitions; against the wishes from many in the administration of tougher sanctions and/or actions. While President, Clinton paid off North Korea to terminate their nuclear program — which was started up in the hopes, from North Korean leaders, to barter more. In a move that actually shows diplomacy works (not bribing), North Korea handed over a "key document detailing its rogue nuclear program to China Thursday.
The handover of the declaration has been delayed since the end of last year. Since 2003, China has been hosting rounds of negotiations among six nations aimed at getting North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program. China has been North Korea’s closest ally in the talks, while the U.S. and Japan have been its greatest antagonists.
America insists that verification is still needed, but America will remove North Korea from the "list of state terrorism sponsors". Some sanctions will eventually be lifted (primarily the "Trading with the Enemy Act"). How would have John McCain approached it?
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