North Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17117242/
BEIJING - In exchange for fuel aid, North Korea agreed Tuesday to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing a nuclear bomb.

Reached after talks in Beijing with five other nations, the deal marks the first concrete plan for disarmament in more than three years of negotiations. The plan also could potentially herald a new era of cooperation in the region with North Korea's longtime foes — the United States and Japan — also agreeing to discuss normalizing relations with Pyongyang.

I thought that the repuks were against foreign aid?

[Hand]

1. Sounds oddly familiar...

I.e., pretty much the same arrangement that was negotiated back in 1999 or thereabouts and subsequently cancelled as a sellout. My, my...

9/11 changed everything and irony is dead. :sarcasm:

[itsmesgd]

2. John Bolton is so pissed that we didn't get to bomb anyone first.

How funny is it that right after he is tossed from the UN, we actually start to get something done diplomatically?