US pledges North Korean food aid

[MaineDem]

The United States has promised impoverished North Korea 50,000 metric tonnes of food aid but denied the gift was linked nuclear arms talks.

It will be the third year in a row the US has donated aid, to be distributed through the UN World Food Programme.

"It is a humanitarian act based on need," the US state department said.

However analysts said they believed the timing was clearly linked to attempts to draw the North back into six-sided talks on its nuclear programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4121800.stm

[bahrbearian]

1. Flip Flop..

[Raiden]

2. Shhhhh! George W. Bush is decisive and resolute!!

He NEVER flip-flops!






:sarcasm:

[bahrbearian]

3. Did I say Flip Flop? I meant a Uniter not a Divider.

[ckramer]

4. let's say this is a good thing to do as long as there are no poison

in them.

Sending them food is 100% better than calling them "Axis of evil". That's really insulting and didn't help to cool down the relationship.

I think it's Bush's inmaturity led to today's uncomfortable situation. Let's do something good and hope for the best.

[Gloria]

5. Dialing back to a Clinton approach to N. Korea??

eom

[wicket]

6. kick

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