I think it is precisely because the North Koreans have nothing to offer and that they don't possess any resources the Bushies covet that diplomacy has been allowed to work. It has nothing to do with any diplomatic skill on the administration's part...they just simply happen to be the monkeys in charge at the time when the North Koreans have pushed their bluff as far as they can take it. They are more reliant on the rest of the world than we are on them.It simply isn't in the best interests of the North to be completely shunned by the international community. Even a dictator like Kim Jong Il can see that...

Posted at October 4, 2007 2:19 AM in response to North Korea: Diplomacy Works, Even for Bush