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...nuclear weapon. Former President Bill Clinton’s best diplomatic efforts were not enough to stop North Korea from pulling out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003—North Korea’s decision to do so was in direct violation of the 1994 agreement negotiated between the U.S. and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Indeed, no diplomatic agreement seems powerful enough to restrain Kim Jong Il’s appetite for nukes: Even after destroying the cooling tower of itsmain nuclear facility pursuant to an agreement negotiated under the Bush administration...
...repeat. While the situation with Iran differs from North Korea in important ways—Iran is still a signatory of the NPT and is a more democratic state—there are still lessons to be learned. First, being a partner in the NPT or other diplomatic agreement today does not guarantee Iran will continue to be forever; indeed, a nuclear Iran summarily withdrawing from the NPT is not a far stretch of the imagination, nor is continued covert nuclear development in violation of negotiated treaties. Moreover, today’s “peaceful, power-generating purposes?...
Much of the fear is based on what a U.S. withdrawal means practically. One example: U.S. military officials are in the process of closing Camp Bucca, the main U.S. military prison in Iraq. The closure, in line with the U.S.-Iraqi withdrawal agreement, has American officials handing some suspected insurgents to Iraqi authorities but letting hundreds of others go with no proper investigation or trial to determine their guilt or innocence. U.S. military officials have long acknowledged that some detainees held at Camp Bucca are likely innocent. But allegations of insurgent ties against many others will go largely unanswered...
...Mohammad, the local religious leader who negotiated the accord (and who is father-in-law to the local Taliban leader), announced that he would not recognize the Supreme Court of Pakistan, even in cases of appeal. He also said that while the Taliban fighters would adhere to the peace agreement, they would not give up their arms. (Read "Can Pakistan Be Untangled from the Taliban...
Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, defended the government's concession to the Taliban, denying in an interview with CNN that the cease-fire agreement amounted to capitulation. He justified the action by comparing it to the 2006 U.S.-led Anbar Awakening in Iraq in which U.S. military commanders struck agreements with moderate jihadists. "We are open to criticism of that strategy, but to think that that strategy somehow represents an abdication of our responsibility toward our people and toward the security of our country and the region is incorrect," Haqqani said...