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Why won't the Bush administration talk bilaterally and substantively with NK
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For years now, Bush has been trying to initiate mutilateral talks among North Korea, China, Russia, and other interested countries in the region. He understands, correctly, that if any agreement is to be enforced then China must be the enforcer since they're the only nation Kim Jong Il will listen to. We just don't have the cards to force North Korea to obey us; by the time bilateral talks yield anything positive, one or two more nuclear tests will have taken place indicating that Il will be prepared to sell nukes to the highest bidders. If we can't get North Korea's neighbors to participate, then what's the point of talking to North Korea at all?