John McCain was on the TODAY Show doing his part to keep stirring the pot on North Korea. It is amazing that six years in to the Bush presidency, the Republicans are still blaming Clinton. It's laughable, but they've got nothing else. Nothing. Josh Marshall has an analysis of the Clinton and Bush approaches to North Korea:
"Failure" =1994-2002 -- Era of Clinton 'Agreed Framework': No plutonium production. All existing plutonium under international inspection. No bomb.Bush's approval is in the 30s because he is a failed President. The only way to control Bush is to change control of Congress.
"Success" = 2002-2006 -- Bush Policy Era: Active plutonium production. No international inspections of plutonium stocks. Nuclear warhead detonated.
Face it. They ditched an imperfect but working policy. They replaced it with nothing. Now North Korea is a nuclear state.
Facts hurt. So do nukes.
I need my coffee.
