Frankly, that is a bit much, to expect Carter to have been able to draw up a treaty whereby it would have been impossible for NK to cheat on the agreement.
You're right, that WOULD have been. That's why the agreement probably should never have happened. Blackmail never works.
Unless these kinds of agreements are verifiable, they should be avoided. When Bush 41 signed off on the Gulf War Ceasefire, it was contingent upon a particular inspection regime. This would not have been a problem, but then Clinton comes to office, and basically failed to follow up. The same thing happened with NK.
It is not sensible to try and blame this NK mess on anyone other than Clinton & Carter. They cooked this deal up and failed to verify the collateral, so to speak.
I have no problem with the agreement, other than it wasn't verifiable. I'm coming to believe, however, that no arms limitation is verifiable, and probably the concept is devoid of usefulness.
Ah then you concede and will send the money. As soon as I get it, I can send Ted his half.
Sure. As soon as I hear ted say, "You're right; I'm wrong". <g>... |
