Isn't the fear of the is type of blatant pragmatism is that you hook the seller on your hard cash. It would seem to give them an incenitve to invent a weapons program every year that could sell (perhaps on eBaY) for the most money.
yes, that's the fear. but that's why you make the sweetheart deal conditional on really tight restrictions. If you can't get those, no agreement, and if they're seriously violated, you stop the payments. I think that might go a long way toward stopping the specific problem, but it would still leave you with the broader "moral hazard" issue of encouraging others elsewhere to try something similar. I guess I'm just not convinced that there are very many aspirant DPRKs out there to make it a concern for me.
As for reunification, it's pretty easy for us to say that should be the goal, since we won't be the targets if the current regime chooses to go out with a bang, and we won't have to spend the next decades supporting and integrating millions and millions of impoverished dysfunctional North Koreans. Me, as the soulless pragmatist I am, I'd say this is where you bring in the surrounding countries and follow their lead--unless you have really strong, good ideas to the contrary, which we don't.
and c'mon, no way Marshall is in Coulter territory. I can see a Sullivan parallel, perhaps, but I'm not sure Marshall's personal ads would be as exciting...
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