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Originally posted by Adder
Only if you assume there can only be one course of talks.
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If China were not included in any one course of talks, then, (1), NK could proceed in that course of talks free of having to appease China on whatever issues were to be discussed, leaving any failure to satisfy China the "fault" of the US, and (2), China would be sorely pissed off.
Neither of those would be good things.
The situation is so intertwined between ALL affected countries that any attempt to short-cut discussions among all concerned is doomed to failure. I can't see Kerry's rationale for "bilateral", unless it's simply to have a difference with Bush.
