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...government officials, to be inherently dangerous. After all, even if Iraq had had weapons of mass destruction, we still would not have been prepared to replace the Ba’ath Party, prevent Iran from being emboldened by the power vacuum in Iraq, or retain enough troops to threaten North Korea. There were better options available, yet Republicans committed the country to this experiment with enthusiasm...
...Shut Up! A curious case may mean that debt collectors can't threaten to sue their targets unless they really mean...
...things considered, it's nice to know that debt collectors can't threaten to sue you unless they mean it. But how do you know whether they mean it? Flitter offers some tips: If the debt is under $1,000, the letter is from an out-of-state lawyer, or the debt is too old (more than four years, in most states), then they're probably bluffing...
...only do China and South Korea oppose any steps that will threaten the stability of the regime for fear of the chaos that its collapse could bring, they also know that the sanctions adopted by the Security Council are unlikely to alter the behavior of the regime in Pyongyang. Instead, they fear that Pyongyang may up the ante with further provocations. China's goal, to be pursued both through sanctions and negotiations, is to secure the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula - and to do that, they believe it is necessary to integrate North Korea in exchange for modifying its behavior...
Within 48 hours, the whole façade falls apart. As soon as it is time for action, the will evaporates. Beijing reverses course. The U.S. waters down its proposed resolution. At Russian and Chinese insistence, the unanimously approved Security Council resolution imposes mere inconveniences that do nothing to threaten the regime's survival...