As Rich Lowry pointed out yesterday on The Corner, nearly every prominent Democratic critic of the administration was wrong to insist that we negotiate bilaterally with the North Koreans. The Bush administration has been right to push for a multilateral approach, and the war in Iraq is what’s caused the recent breakthrough toward multilateral negotiations on the Korean crisis. But the truth is, because of the verification issue, even multilateral negotiations won’t work–unless they turn in to a vehicle for Chinese imposed regime change in North Korea. You can read more about the possibility of Chinese imposed regime change by reading Jasper Becker’s piece at TNR’s website. (subscribers only)