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Originally posted by sgtclub
Are you suggesting that we go back to bribing? Or in other words, proping up a dictator? Damned either way.
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The stick's not working, is it? You may have to give to get. I also accept a point Spanky made earlier, in a different context: It makes sense to engage with and co-opt regimes. He was talking about about right-wing dictators, but the point is the same.
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Originally posted by Spanky
I thought we found out later that they had been continuing with the weapons program right through the Clinton Administratoin. That they never shut it down.
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There's an important difference between plutonium and enriched uranium that defenders of the administration like to ignore or blur. At any rate, there's
a real question about whether North Korea cheated on its side of the bargain.