While the Times gives grudging approval to the Bush administration's deal with North Korea to dump its nuke program, suggesting that the same 'negotiations" strategy will work with Iran defies common sense. In Korea, we're dealing with an egotistical maniac who has turned his country and economy into a basket case.
In Iran we're dealing with jihadist theology/ideology where the leaders believe that destroying Israel and America are first priority. The conditions are nowhere near the same in the two countries. Negotiations without force as a backup will not work
"We also hope that with a solid foreign policy success now in reach, Mr. Bush will learn the lesson of the North Korea deal and tell his diplomats to turn the same creativity, flexibility and follow-through toward trying to end Iran’s nuclear program."
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