A 'very grim analysis'
George S. Hishmeh, Jordan Times, Jan 10, 2003
The Bush administration was caught flat-footed in the first days of the New Year, as it plodded along unevenly on its foreign policy quagmire. A miscalculation here or there may prove disastrous; hence, fears among many Americans that the future does not bode well.
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A common feature of the American policy is the absence of steadiness, a factor that has repeatedly prompted accusations that it is not fair-minded or evenhanded. In fact, a double standard is evident in its pronunciations.
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While the Bush administration continues to commit more firepower and men to the Middle East (although there are some who still belief this is only American hot air), it has seemingly backed away from a direct confrontation with North Korea which, unlike Iraq, is believed to possess a few nuclear bombs. ...
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But in the opinion of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, “the lesson of North Korea for the Third World dictators is to go nuclear as rapidly as possible, and as secretly as possible, and then act crazy so as to deter us”.
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The CNN interviewer, Judy Woodruff, nodded: “Very grim analysis.”
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