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Thursday, January 09, 2003
posted by gbarto at 11:42 PM:
Iraq in 'Material Breach'U.S. ambassador blasts declaration, Blix reports no 'smoking guns'
But even Blix says there have been violations of UN resolutions; he's just trying to get the proof of it and Iraqi proof that they're back in compliance. It doesn't look likely, and things will probably get ugly with Iraq sooner or later.
But lest Iraq get the headlines for nastiest nation around, here comes North Korea:
N. Korea Pulls Out of Nuke Nonproliferation Treaty
Pyongyang says withdrawal from treaty will free it from safeguard obligations to the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency
But is military action called for? Or the mass administration of anti-psychotics? North Korea seems hell-bent on isolating itself from the world and blowing even the goodwill that it might gain from some nations for standing in opposition to the US.
The thing to watch here is who backs North Korea and denounces US "bullying," a line North Korea is trying to get people to follow. As with Afghanistan, we have here a chance to tell the difference between principled leftists, however misguided, and those who are simply, dogmatically anti-American. Anyone on the left standing with North Korea and for its right to participate in nuclear proliferation can safely be assumed to be in the latter camp.
Does Patty Murray have any speeches scheduled?
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