March 24, 2008
WaPo Columnist Reveals NK-Syria Nuclear Agreement
In yesterday’s Washington Post, David Ignatius wrote a column pining for a “breakthrough” in Chris Hill’s failed Agreed Framework 2.0. Ignatius defines that as getting our hands on 30-40 kilograms of North Korean plutonium, which happens to coincide with North Korea’s own low-range estimate. Hill has been eager to accept this lower figure in the interests of declaring victory, although some U.S. estimates have put the actual figure closer to 50 kilograms. The discrepancy is enough for a couple of...