Kim Jong-Il says he's Sorry

This one in from Associated Press:

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il expressed regret about his country’s nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.

"If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks," Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy, the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo reported, citing a diplomatic source in China.

Oh?  He’s sorry he let off a low-yield nuke?  Or is Kim Jong-Il sorry that most of the population in his country are starving to death?  Or is he sorry that he listened to Pakistan’s A.O Khan and bought the blueprints for his bomb off the Internet for $20 plus next-day shipping? 

Or is Kim Jong-Il sorry that his population is leaving in record numbers according to Radio Free Asia and the European Union.  Factoid point (www.epp.eurostat.ec):  Record numbers of North Koreans are applying for asylum in Germany, Belgium, the UK, Holland, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia and China:  North Koreans are voting with their feet before they starve. 

Perhaps Dear Leader is sorry for the pisspoor choreography that gets performed at the mass demonstrations in Pyongyang.  Or those ghastly uniform hats that make his soldiers look like they’ve got a khaki Frisbee glued to their heads.  The man has no style.  Even Idi Amin had a sense of design and line.

If Condi Rice has a lick of sense, then the ‘concessions’ she’ll give Dear Leader should include "Not letting you starve to death this winter."  The other concession should be providing a DVD copy of "Three’s Company, Season 1 and 2" that he so desperately wants.  Stick and Carrot.

If Kim Jong-Il has a lick of sense, he’ll take the DVD and promise to Never, Ever, do the nuclear thing again.

And change the uniform, dude.  You look like a teddybear crossed with a dork, dressed in Dr. Denton sleepers.