All that matters to me is the journalists were released. Who gives a flying fuck how it was done, who brokered it, or what it looks like to anyone else?
As for the whole "don't send a woman to do a man's job", I think that's just being overly sensitive. The North Koreans weren't looking for a Sec'y of State, they wanted the highest level American politician they could get -- setting aside that Bill is a private citizen now. On the plus side as well -- now the US has proven that we will negotiate first before rattling sabers.
As for John Bolton, I think he accomplished exactly what he was trying to do -- spinning the whole episode into a divisive and completely fictional slur on Hilary Clinton. He needs to just shut up and sit down.
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Date: 2009-08-05 02:42 am (UTC)As for the whole "don't send a woman to do a man's job", I think that's just being overly sensitive. The North Koreans weren't looking for a Sec'y of State, they wanted the highest level American politician they could get -- setting aside that Bill is a private citizen now. On the plus side as well -- now the US has proven that we will negotiate first before rattling sabers.
As for John Bolton, I think he accomplished exactly what he was trying to do -- spinning the whole episode into a divisive and completely fictional slur on Hilary Clinton. He needs to just shut up and sit down.