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In response to
"jesse jackson got khadaffi to release a hostage back in the 80s. it's not unprecedented for private citizens to make diplomatic missions"
by
500 dugs of summer
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No one on either side was looking at Clinton as a "private citizen." He went as a former head of state. Big difference.
Posted by
TWuG
Aug 4 '09, 20:40
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He has enough cachet that NK can claim some victory (we got you to pay attention to us and send someone important!) without sending a member of the government which would lend a different type of legitimacy to the NK regime.
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