Our "Do-nothing" President Ignores the hard work.

President Bush's to-do list for February must look something like this:

1. Try to clean up the mess I made in Iraq
2. Threaten Iran with military action
3. Ignore North Korea's nuclear weapons.

With today's announcement by North Korea that they now have enough enriched uranium to produce six nuclear weapons, the threat from the world's most dangerous rogue nation increases. Yet, our president will not negotiate with Kim Jong Il and his evil empire, insisting on six-party negotiations.

Bush's refusal to break the stalemate and enter into bilateral negotiations with North Korea does not reflect a grand strategy destined for success. Rather, it belies an inability to come up with any creative solutions to the problem other than cinvincing China to persuade North Korea to back off on its nuclear program.

Yes, six-party talks would be nice. But if North Korea will not engage in multilateral talks, we can not simply walk away from the table. The lives of millions of South Koreans, Japanese and Americans depend on defusing this extremely dangerous situation. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, "you must go to peace with the negotiations you have, not the negotiations you wish to have."

It is time for our president to accept responsibility for his rhetoric and actions over the past four years and deal with the situation he has created as other nations respond to our threats and military action. He must also accept the responsibility of his office and protect the American people and our allies from this greatest threat to our national security.