ESSAY
"Assessing the North Korean Threat"
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Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"On March 3rd,
2003 four North Korean MIGs intercepted a US Jet flying 150 miles of the North
Korean coast in the Sea of Japan. This interception is the latest in a series
of actions undertaken by North Korea that cause increased tension between it and
(especially) the United States....
...I am not sure why Bush does not want to negotiate, perhaps he sees it as a
sign of weakness, or he gains identity from it by differentiating himself from
Clinton, or perhaps he is worried about he re-election. Whatever the reason, it
is unacceptable to put the American people under such direct and indirect threat
to preserve this no negotiation policy."