N.Korea wants to talk to bushgang - smirk says no

[donsu]

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9823060%5E1702,00.html

US President George W. Bush has rejected a passionate offer from North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-Il for direct talks between their countries, press reports in Japan said today.

The offer was conveyed to Mr Bush by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who met Kim on May 22, during their talks on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in the US state of Georgia, the reports said.

"He (Kim) wanted to dance (with Mr Bush) so much as to get thirsty," Mr Koizumi told the US President in a somewhat cryptic expression, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported, quoting a source close to the Prime Minister.

Mr Bush replied that Washington would not negotiate with Pyongyang bilaterally but it would seek to solve a 20-month standoff over North Korea's nuclear arms development in an existing six-nation forum in Beijing, the report said.

Another major newspaper, the Mainichi Shimbun, also reported that Mr Koizumi had used the unusual expression to convey President Kim's wish for bilateral dialogue.
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so, in Japan, what is the meaning of the saying beyond really wanting to talk to smirk?

talking seems like a good idea to me - talking is not killing.

[radwriter0555]

1. Like when bush rejected Saddam's invitation for discussion as well..

?

[shadu]

2. "talking is not killing" - that is why Bush hates it

I love the name of that paper: "Mainichi Shimbun"
Somebody on DU has a cat named 'Oatmeal Shimbun.'

[Bandit]

3. IOW ~ We are to good to talk to you

:puke:

[Hammie]

4. What is he thinking?