Elan Journo från Ayn Rand-institutet behandlar i en ny artikel USA:s hantering av hotet från Nordkorea. I den visar han med all önskvärd tydlighet att pragmatiker måste vara mentalt efterblivna, och att Bushadministrationens hantering av Nordkorea kommer garanterat att misslyckas.

A wide consensus–from the New York Times to the White House–is firmly backing the re-launched ”diplomatic” negotiations aimed at enticing North Korea to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program. For these talks to succeed, a Times editorial insists, America and its allies should offer the North a package of ”strong positive inducements” including ”guarantees against United States attack, a clear path to American diplomatic recognition and generous aid.” Before the talks began Washington provided a foretaste of the rewards Pyongyang can expect by promising it 50,000 tons of food aid.

But isn’t this exactly what the United States has tried in the past?

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