Imitation is the Best Form of Flattery
Tad | Apr 22, 2010 |
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North Korea’s Foreign Ministry yesterday released its ‘Memorandum on the N-Issue’. The majority of material is nothing new. For example the memo states that the North’s nuclear program was motivated primarily in response to the threat of the U.S., that its weapons have ‘drastically’ reduced the potential for a war, and that a peace treaty is required as a prerequisite to denuclearization. But beyond these recognizable declarations, the document does delve into some new areas – all of which are seemingly interlinked by an underlying attempt to assert and legitimize North Korea’s international nuclear status…
