Mohamed El Baradei, the head of the IAEA, just emerged from North Korea with this to say:
"The DPRK [North Korea] said they were committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," . . .
"It is in the interests of North Korea to normalise relations with the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]," . . . "We cleared the air. We opened the door for a normal relationship."
El Baradei was the winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for "efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way," despite the fact that his tenure has seen Pakistan and North Korea both go nuclear, with Iran soon to follow. Still the Peace Prize winner is now ready to "open the door for a normal relationship" with the world's most heinous regime. Further, he seems intent on doing the North Koreans dirty work for them, telling reporters that "The DPRK says their cooperation, accepting inspectors, will come after the lifting of the sanctions." Claudia Rosett, writing at her blog The Rosett Report, says
That's an interesting formulation, which basically puts the burden on the sanctioners, not on North Korea's totalitarian government--which has turned nuclear extortion into one of its main industries, and has already lied and cheated on previous nuclear freeze deals. We can expect that kind of statement from officials working for Kim Jong Il's regime, but why should the IAEA be a purveyor of Pyongyang's duplicities?
Your world government at work.