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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

''Pyongyang hits US with one-two punch''

From Asia Times

"No doubt about it, United States negotiator Glyn Davies got suckered into one of the all-time negotiating tricks when he fell for the deal with North Korea's veteran double-talker Kim Kye-gwan on February 29 in which Kim convinced him, really, this time North Korea would honor a "moratorium" on all missile and nuclear tests.

The trick, when you think about it, was basic. All Kim needed was for Davies to promise 240,000 tons in food aid - "nutritional" stuff for kids, not rice for soldiers - and the great North Korean disinformation machine could then advance to phase two of the trick."

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