A mad, bad dictator dangerous to know

Times [UK]:

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Politically, Mr Obama has tried the “open hand” – sending no fewer than four US delegations to Pyongyang this year – and learnt that the dictatorship is hard-wired to interpret conciliation as naivety or weakness. Mr Gates has dismissed nuclear blackmail as wholly self-destructive. Detailed policies must drive that tough message home. Ultimately the North Korean dictatorship understands only force.

Obama is a snaive as he is dangerous.

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