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AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: Going Back to North Korea, Hat in Hand

AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: Going Back to North Korea, Hat in Hand: "The Bush administration came to its senses about North Korea five years too late. Now other 'rogue nations' know that the best way to make peace with the U.S. is to test their own nuclear weapons. "

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