Give diplomacy a chance; Iran and North Korea.(Trying diplomacy: Iran and North Korea)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: November 22, 2003 | Copyright information

But it could still end in tears

THERE has to be a better way of dealing with those who dabble in weapons of mass destruction. Both supporters and opponents of the use of force to disarm Saddam Hussein's Iraq--critics of the UN's 12-year failure to enforce its own resolutions, and critics of America's decision to do the enforcing--can agree on that. For, whatever Mr Hussein did with his nastiest weapons, few would argue he was up to anything but no good. But if Iraq is no...

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