Fiskie Award nominee the Seattle Post-Intelligencer thinks it's a good idea to submit to nuclear blackmail
The words from Beijing yesterday confirmed a worst-case scenario: North Korea has nuclear weapons -- and plans to test them.Yeah, that'll work. And since the P-I's editoris enjoy yielding to extortionists, here's an offer they won't be able to resist:
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Our best hope is to bring North Korea, a step at a time, into the global community. But that won't happen as long as that country's leadership feels threatened.
If the P-I pays me $1 million I promise not to make fun of it any more. If it pays me $10 million I promise to keep my promise.