The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Sound-bite version of Bush Administration policy on North Korean nukes

    By AmericanDreamer on Wed, 07/12/2006 - 1:55am |

    "Let's demonstrate our toughness by refusing to talk to them, say out loud as though we really, really mean it (but not to the North Koreans, of course) that we mean business about them not making nukes, hold our nose, and keep counting until they stop. Oh, and get China to get them to stop. That should work."

    Look, mom--no hands!!

    We've been working with our eight year old, trying to teach him more promising ways of dealing with conflict than this type of strategy as applied to his day-to-day concerns.

    Josh's succinct summary is at: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008988.php

    If you want a bit more detail and factual backup on this, although I found Nancy Soderberg's The Superpower Myth poorly written, edited and argued in a number of places (unfortunately, as it has a wealth of good information and is well sourced), it was good on this among other issues, and links to key documents.

    Dangerously naive on national security policy. That's what they are...