Clinton´s trip to North Korea

Letter to the Editor, sent to WASHINGTON POST

By Kashi N Pandit, AUG-10-2009

Dear Editor: It should be possible for many analysts to presume that Bill Clinton’s recent visit to Pyongyang was motivated by his humanism to rescue two American journalists. The trip has to be de-linked from Pyongyang’s nuclear proliferation issue. A former US president is not supposed to talk on a highly technical and politically a very sensitive issue in a casual trip like the one Clinton made. Moreover, North Korea is not really considering a visit by the high level US dignitary as something to boost her international status ( Refer to The North Korea Fallout…’ of August 9). Rather it is her good gesture of humanism that will increase her profile in the eyes of comity of nations, a profile that has been tarnished over the years by relentless western media hype. Clinton’s trip should hopefully open a new chapter in the history of  bilateral relations between the two countries. If that happens, Bill Clinton will find a place for himself in the annals of the history of peace and reconciliation in our times.