Reply #5: Sorry I'd have to link newsmax and I won't.

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The Clinton administration, carrying on the work of previous administrations, negotiated a halt to NK weapons research, with a deal that substituted safe reactors for weapons grade fuel producing reactors and oil as well to meet NK energy needs. The Bush administration threw all of that work out, work going back I believe to perhaps the Carter administration, declared NK a pariah state, refused to negotiate with them, subsequently used 9-11 to declare them a member (the only non-muslim member) of the axis of evil, and thus scheduled for shock and awe based regime change. Needless to say, NK took this all very seriously especially after the Iraqi invasion, and has gone forward with production of nuclear weapons. Clinton's fault? Really?