In this undated Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing glasses, smiles as he visits a unit of the Korean People's Army at unknown location in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) From Yahoo News/AP:
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea and Iran, two nations with nuclear aspirations the U.S. wants to thwart, both signaled Wednesday that they were open to new initiatives from President Barack Obama that could defuse tensions.
A newspaper considered a mouthpiece for the North Korean government said the communist regime is willing to give up its nuclear weapons if the U.S. agrees to conditions imposed by the North, including establishing formal diplomatic relations.
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My Comment: Both Iran and North Korea are hoping that the U.S. will abdicate the all party talks for direct talks. Sigh .... will President Obama be foolish enough to take the bait and "diss" the Russians, Chinese, Japanese, South Koreans, and the Arab nations in the Middle East .... I give it a 50 - 50 chance.