The best bet for 'regime change' in North Korea.The most dangerous failure of U.S. policy these days is in North Korea. President Bush has been startlingly star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. passive as North Korea has begun churning out nuclear weapons like hotcakes. This is a regime that is not just menacing, but monstrous. In fairness, Bush is paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. only because the alternatives are dreadful. A military strike on North Korea's nuclear sites might have been an option in the early 1990s, but today we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where the plutonium and the uranium are kept, so a military strike might accomplish little--but trigger a new Korean war. The other option is the path that Richard Nixon pursued with Maoist China: resolute engagement, leading toward a new "grand bargain" in which Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Il or Kim Chong Il (born Feb. 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.) Son of Kim Il-sung. He was designated his father's successor in 1980 and became North Korea's de facto leader on his father's death in 1994. would give up his nuclear program in exchange for political and economic ties with the international community. This has the advantage that the best bet to bring down Kim, the Dear Leader, isn't isolation, but contacts with the outside world. |
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