well! that certainly lasted a long time, didn't it?

within hours of the announcement of an agreement with north korea, condi rice started talking tough. i don't recall a damn thing she said, but i got the impression the upshot of it was n.korea had to dismantle their weapons program first, and only then would we even think about letting them have anything.

i almost exploded at the tv set. "what the hell is she doing?!" i cried. "is she trying to make them back out? but it won't work. i hope. they're too smart to take the bait. i hope. i hope. i hope."

so then it came out the agreement was only "in principle," not a firm commitment—or maybe bush said it earlier and i didn't hear it till later. and then nk started saying they wanted a lightwater reactor up front. and then we heard lightwater hadn't been discussed till the last round of talks—whatever that means after 2 years of on again off again.

politics.

shit.