Nukes and More Nukes

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Author(s) The Washington Post editorial board
Source The Washington Post
Date October 15, 2006
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR2006101400791.html
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Quotes-start.png "The five countries that have tried to bargain with North Korea over its nuclear program -- China, South Korea, Russia, Japan and the United States -- could have stopped the North Korean program and could reverse it still: Among them they have the capacity to force the collapse of the Kim Jong Il dictatorship. A similar coalition probably could stop Iran. But to do so, nuclear counterproliferation has to become those governments' highest priority." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position China should pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions on the topic North Korean nuclear crisis.