Bush and Cheney Want Kim Jong-Il's Head on a Plate

Even before George W. Bush assumed office, his transition team made it clear to the outgoing Clinton people that they disapproved of the 1994 framework agreement and the Pyongyang summit. The underlying logic to American policy in these years could be summed up by a quote that Seymour Hersh got from a U.S. intelligence official who attended Bush administration meetings. He said, Bush and Cheney want that guy's head, Kim Jong-il's, on a platter. Don't be distracted by all this talk about negotiations. There will be negotiations, but they have a plan and they are going to get this guy after Iraq. He's their version of Hitler.