Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- April 5, 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on March 31, 2013. KCNA/HANDOUT/REUTERS

Viewpoint: North Korea’s Gaddafi Nightmare -- Robert Baer, Time
If you want to know what’s going through the mind of the North Korean regime, go back to the murder of Muammar Gaddafi. The way the North Koreans look at it, Gaddafi gave up his nuclear bomb, and lost his head. The lesson of Saddam Hussein’s end is another cautionary tale for the North Koreans. If Saddam had held onto his weapons of mass destruction–and lots of them–the Obama Administration would have had second thoughts about invading his country. Or so I’m told by a former CIA colleague, and one of the best-informed North Korean watchers around.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Why Is North Korea Our Problem? -- Robert Robb, Real Clear Politics

Fearful of agitating North Korea, Obama officials back off tough talk -- Andrew Malcolm, Investors Business Daily

Western-Asian fusion causing a storm
-- George Kerevan, The Scotsman

Obama, Kerry dust off old Arab peace proposal in push to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers

Iran stance 'puzzles' negotiators after first day of nuclear talks
-- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

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