The U.S. government enables North Korea–again.
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Once again, the U.S. Government, for continuing to “negotiate”with Kim Il Jong of North Korea. In exchange for removing North Korea from its list of terrorism-sponsoring nations, the totalitarian regime blew up the cooling tower for its main nuclear reactor as a signal that it is sincere about dismantling its nuclear weapons program. The trouble is, the tower would take a month to rebuild, while the rest of the buildings”still standing”would take at least 18 months to replace. John R. Bolton, who headed nuclear proliferation policy at the State Department during President George W. Bush’s first term, said he thinks it’s an embarrassment and “represents the definitive collapse of the Bush Doctrine and I’m sure they’re popping champagne corks in Pyongyang.”It’s a long way from the Doctrine, which in 2003 required that Libya’s dictator Moammar Gadhafi destroy every aspect of his nuclear program. More troubling, as The Wall Street Journal points out, is the message this sends to other rogue states: when you build a weapon, your political leverage increases. And what none of them acknowledge or are even aware of, an alcoholic despot still is inches away from possessing nuclear weapons.