Originally posted by Frogger
NYE: as the Bush admin keeps saying, "Iraq and NK are different situations"
Diplomacy is a lot more important in the ME than in the Koreas where it's basically a "Great Powers only" zone.
Everybody has a stake in the ME, Iraq is surrounded by nations of varying degrees of friendliness to it, Israel, Europe and the US, etc.
Euro reticence on Iraq means a lot more than Euro reticence on NK.
NYE: as the Bush admin keeps saying, "Iraq and NK are different situations"
Diplomacy is a lot more important in the ME than in the Koreas where it's basically a "Great Powers only" zone.
Everybody has a stake in the ME, Iraq is surrounded by nations of varying degrees of friendliness to it, Israel, Europe and the US, etc.
Euro reticence on Iraq means a lot more than Euro reticence on NK.
The ME is no more difficult than the Koreas? AAMOF, it is a damn sight simpler.
btw, Euro softness on dictators is Euro softness on dictators. They have a history of not being effective in handeling them prior to the lid being blown off.
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