The new weapons we need
by By John Yoo, Los Angeles Times
Aug 20, 2017
3 minutes
With threats, bribes, diplomacy and sanctions, American presidents of both parties have sought for 25 years to try to halt, or at least slow, North Korea's quest for a nuclear arsenal _ to no avail.
Though the brinksmanship of the last few weeks has subsided, President Donald Trump still faces the prospect of a madman _ Kim Jong Un _ in control of a nuclear arsenal. What the U.S. and its allies must now do is find options between conventional war, or even nuclear holocaust, on the one hand, and appeasement on the other. The
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