Ted Turner just discovered that it’s not smart to trust the word of an insane dictator:

Liberal billionaire Ted Turner — who last year claimed that North Korean officials were “absolutely sincere” in their intent to use nuclear power only for civilian purposes — said Monday that he’s “very upset” the Asian nation has conducted a nuclear weapons test.
“Obviously, I don’t like to see nuclear proliferation, and I’m very upset about” the test, Turner told an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “I just hope that the United Nations and the Security Council can come up with a peaceful way of resolving” the situation.
Turner’s position was quite different during a Sept. 19, 2005, interview on CNN’s Situation Room after the billionaire returned from a meeting with North Korean officials.
“I am absolutely convinced that the North Koreans are absolutely sincere,” Turner said then. “There’s really no reason for them to cheat” and use nuclear power for weapons instead of generating electricity and other civilian uses.
“I looked them right in the eyes, and they looked like they meant the truth,” he added. “I mean, you know, just because somebody’s done something wrong in the past doesn’t mean they can’t do right in the future or the present. That happens all the, all the time.”

Good thing this man isn’t in charge of our national defence. And the left calls Bush stupid. Ha! They should talk. And he wants a peaceful solution. I don’t know how you have a peaceful solution with a crazy dictator. He’s already broken his word once, what makes you think he won’t again?
But the problem isn’t someone like Turner, he has no position of power in our government (thank the Lord), the problem is when others who think like he does are voted into positions of power. They believe that they can trust the word of dictators and base our national security on that trust (Clinton and Albright come to mind). Those are the people I’m most afraid will get into power.