A very provocative editorial in today's Wall St. Journal. It basically extends the theme I have previously dubbed the "Fred Kaplan school of foreign policy" - namely that the utter failure of Clinton's foreign policy in the DPRK, where the DPRK took our bribes and built nuclear weapons anyways, is merely proof that we need to redouble our efforts in implementing the same policy. Of course, Europe has now done us one up - rather than merely arguing for more bribes for the DPRK in exchange for more empty promises, the Europeans want to implement the same policy which failed so spectacularly there in Iran.
Quote: So can anyone explain the difference between the nuclear deal the Europeans are now waiting for--indeed, practically begging--Iran to accept and the 1994 Agreed Framework with North Korea? [snip] Fast-forward to the current Franco-British-German proposal for Iran, and you find . . . well, offers of light-water reactors and various economic payoffs in exchange for Iran's promise to temporarily suspend uranium enrichment activities. That's right, only temporarily, since Iran is demanding to be recognized soon as a perfectly normal nuclear nation. That's pretty audacious for the world's No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism, but it's not surprising given the way the world has responded thus far to its 20 years of nuclear deception. Read the whole thing at: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005882 JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
