Christopher Preble: North Korean nukes: Beyond the blame game

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In the days since North Korea’s apparent nuclear test, politicians and pundits have stepped forward to point fingers. According to Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz., Bill Clinton is responsible; Clinton’s inducements under the 1994 framework agreement failed to satiate Kim Jong-Il’s appetite for nuclear weapons.

Not so, says the former president’s wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., who through a spokesman criticized McCain for playing “politics of the most dangerous kind.”

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