.. a little goes a long way.

Today, the two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were imprisoned for 12 years of hard labor for committing " hostile acts" by crossing the China/North Korea border this past March, were freed after former president Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea. Clinton arrived unannounced to visit with Kim Jung Il for a private meeting to plead for the journalists' humanitarian release.

No one knows exactly how the conversation transpired, but within 24 hours, the women were granted a "special pardon". I don't know about you, but resolving a pertinent, international issue with an extremely hostile, and typically uncooperative, nation is pretty impressive.

Not as impressive as the " shock and awe" of US bombs raining on Baghdad six years ago. You know, the mission that was never accomplished? Or rather, a supposed uncooperative, hostile nation, with nonexistent weapons of mass destruction that we invaded six years ago? The same nation that we continue to occupy. The same nation where we have lost and continue to lose thousands of service men and women and innocent civilians?

I don't remember much diplomacy there.

Hmm...

Well, a little diplomacy goes a long way. However, more importantly, what a difference an administration makes.