[Mb-civic] Days of Thunder

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Days of Thunder 
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February 14 2005

The bellicose proclamations ricocheting from the United States to Iran and North Korea threaten to drown out common sense. The bottom line is that the U.S. should proceed at top speed to see what it will take to stop Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. Hard-liners thunder against "bribery" or "appeasement." But negotiations are better called "diplomacy" or "compromise." The alternative of waiting for a regime change, let alone two, is unacceptable; there's no indication of that anytime soon. 

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