By Robert Mackey
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In both cases, close allies of the United States feel threatened by the nuclear programs — Israel by Iran’s and South Korea and Japan by North Korea’s. So what explains the difference in the reaction of Americans to threats from the two countries? Could it be that the preoccupation of Americans, and Europeans, with the possibility of terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists makes the idea of nuclear weapons in Tehran seem more urgent than the idea of nuclear weapons in Pyongyang? Or is it that the theocratic leadership in Iran seems easier to talk to, and comprehend, than the Stalinist leadership in North Korea? [...]
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/north-korea-duels-with-iran/?scp=4&sq=north%20korea&st=cse
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