http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050114140637.fjuzdsgl.xmlSEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said it would resume talks on its nuclear weapons drive if US President George W. Bush toned down his rhetoric and formulated a more friendly policy towards Pyongyang.
The Stalinist state also said it was ready to respect the United States as a friend in a conciliatory statement issued at the end of a four-day visit to North Korea by a six-member US congressional delegation.
The offer to resume six-party talks could be withdrawn, however, if Bush "slanders" the North's system and interferes in its internal affairs, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The US president will be inaugurated for a second term next week and members of the congressional delegation led by Republican Curt Weldon said North Korea would be watching out for a friendly gesture from Bush, notably during his State of the Union address that will follow later in January.
Bush used his 2002 State of the Union speech to brand North Korea part of an "axis of evil," a term that inflamed Pyongyang's leadership.
The president has also referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il as a pigmy and expressed personal animosity towards him.
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Note to all thuggish tin-pot dictators (axis of evils) throughout the world:
If you just think about owning nuclear weapons like Saddam did you will get a dose of Shock and Awe and receive the same fate as him. (Got your spiderhole ready?)
Now on the other hand, if you actually own nuclear weapons you can tell the USA and the UN to blow it out of their asses and only good things will come your way.
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