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AXIS OF EVIL: ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO?

James Joyner · Thursday, May 8, 2003 · 1 comment

NYT reports that the Administration is increasingly concerned by nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea. We appear to be stepping up diplomatic pressure on both states.

FILED UNDER: Iraq War, Axis of Evil, Iran, New York Times, North Korea, nuclear weapons

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

Eric says:

Thursday, 8 May 2003 at 10:10

This article in the Tehran Times might give some insight as to how that “diplomatic pressure” might be received:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/8/03&Cat=2&Num=022

Even though the article focuses on Syria, it seems to tell us what Iran’s rebuttal to the US will be “but…but…but…what about Israel? Why do they get to keep theirs?”

How do you engage in diplomacy with someone like that?

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