"DSK" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
I don't believe in paying incentives to countries to keep them from
pursuing WMD.

But do you genuinely believe that Clinton paid the North Koreans to not
announce their development of nukes?


... You obviously see nothing wrong with it...

Actually, that depends on how it's done. Money (specifically in dollars)
that is either loaned or granted to other countries comes back to us in
the form of profitable trade with that country... which gives us an
economic lever to use on them, since no countries have as big an economy
as ours.

But I noticed you don't hesitate to attribute to me statements and
attitudes that I have never expressed. Nice going, especially when you
dodge questions and backpedal on previous statements.

As for your statement that this form of diplomacy doesn't work... wrong.
It *has* worked, and worked wuite well. Ever heard of the Marshall Plan?

Diplomacy only works when there is a threat of military coercion.