Posted by
Team Turk on Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:44:58 PM
From United Press International:
U.S. U.S. President George Bush said Wednesday bilateral talks with North Korea have not worked and he will not make the same mistake again.
Bush told a Rose Garden news conference the U.S. diplomatic hand is much stronger with China, South Korea, Japan and Russia backing it up.
"North Korea has been trying to acquire weapons and bombs for a long time, long before I came into office," Bush said.
"Going it alone with North Korea didn't work. I learned a lesson from that. The best way to convince Kim Jong Il is to have others sent the message."
Bush characterized North Korea's leader as intransigent.
"It is his unwillingness to choose a better way forward for his country," Bush said, that has made the negotiation process so difficult.