The Blog of Harald

From the Quote of the Day mailing list:

“We will be facing considerable skepticism on the question of how we can justify confrontation with Saddam when he is letting [United Nations] inspectors into the country, and a diplomatic solution with Kim when he’s just thrown them out.”

– A senior United States diplomat, speaking anonymously on the United States stance toward Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Kim Jong Il of North Korea. (Source: The New York Times, January 3, 2003.)

I wonder how many people actually expect consistency in American foreign relations these days?