Doug R: As I understand it, Clinton's agreement with North Korea was that if they mothballed their Plutonium reactor, we would provide alternative nuclear reactors, so that they could generate power without producing fissionable material. We did not provide the alternative reactors, so that in fact, it was the United States which appears to have broken the agreement.

But the basic fact is, Clinton was right in negotiating. It was not the agreement that caused the present problem with North Korea. It was the wrong-headed theory, which you apparently share, that a good foreigen policy is to beat up all potential enemies and run the world. The trouble with that idea is, every time you seek out an enemy and beat it up, you make two more enemies. Reagan proved that. Osama Bin Laden and Sadaam were both his proteges, in the age of the "evil empire."

McGrath: Hey, threads do creep! If you have a problem with that, go complain to Max!