I got a lot of information.

The U.S. government has not yet made a decision on whether to appoint a special envoy for North Korea, the State Department said Thursday, amid reports that a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea will be named.

"As far as I know, no decisions have been made on whether or not we would have a special envoy for North Korea," spokesman Robert Wood said in a daily news briefing.

A diplomatic source, here, however, said that the Obama administration has made a decision.

"I understand the Obama administration is on the verge of appointing a special envoy for North Korea," the source said.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/02/…

but this approach would be far better than waiting around and hoping North Korea will collapse. That is no real policy at all, and rest assured North Korea knows how to get our attention.

Why is pumping lots of money into a black hole that refuses to reform – whether we're talking about economically or nuke wise – a "real plan" but refusing to subsidize NK's tyranny, its failed economic model, and its military not one?….

We don't even demand NK move its military assets from the DMZ or other such measures. But, these asses keep putting out the line that "but only in return for a new, nonhostile relationship with Washington and more help for its economy". What the f#$& is a non-hostile policy with North Korea? What would it look like? Please give me an idea – and let me know what reciprocal actions we'd demand of NK – AND what we'd do if/when NK failed to reciprocate…

This kind of stuff really burns my ass.

Why doesn't he just leave the truth out there? At least he says the truth – as he and these type see it: "Such a deal, which would permit North Korea to continue its internal repressive policies, would be no easy sell politically in the United States." "and rest assured North Korea knows how to get our attention."

Which means — "NK is dangerous. A collapse of the North could be catastrophic. So, the best we can do is pay them off to the point they don't need to sell nuke material to other nations."

Russia and the Soviet-bloc and China pumped untold riches into the North as part of their global communist policies — and look what it accomplished.

Why in the world should the US follow that lead? To these guys, the answer is easy: Now, with a minimally healthy regime, at least only North Koreans are dying.