NORTH-KOREA - ENOUGH CARROTS, TIME FOR THE STICK

The policy of appeasement toward North Korea, which has consistently v iolated its international treaty obligations, must stop. The United St ates should present Pyongyang with an ultimatum either to open up its nuclear facilities to special inspections or to face U.S. determinatio n to inflict punishment with every means available short of war. By us ing its secret nuclear program for what amounts to extortion, North Ko rea is making a mockery of the nonproliferation regime, sending the me ssage that a party to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) can vi olate the treaty with few or no repercussions.