Bungling North Korea

John Bolton laments the Bush Administration's handling of the North Korean riddle. Agree or not, his observations are well worth considering, principally: what basis for trust is there regarding a nation that boasts a precedent of making treaties and promises, only to conspicuously break them down the road?

North Korea has consecutively broken every major agreement with the U.S. since the North's creation. The Bush administration provides no reason why this one will not be added to that long list except the audacity of hope. Where have we heard that recently? Barack Obama and John Kerry both announced support for the deal, and Mr. Obama said he intended to apply Bush's policy to other rogue states, thus confirming the early start of the Obama administration.

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