Weighing Carrots or Sticks - Wall Street Journal

As U.S. Weighs Response To Pyongyang, Both Parties Trade Blame for Failed Diplomacy By YOCHI J. DREAZEN and JAY SOLOMON October 13, 2006 WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has a simple explanation for why it won't restart one-on-one talks with North Korea to persuade Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program: "Bilateral negotiations didn't work. I appreciate the efforts of previous administrations. It just didn't work," President Bush said Wednesday, referring to the Clinton administration ...