The Wall Street Journal-20080129-Bolton is Right on Korea

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Bolton is Right on Korea

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Kudos to John Bolton who has repeatedly warned that the denuclearization deal with North Korea was too good to be true ("North Korea's True Colors," op-ed, Jan. 11). Now that Mr. Bolton's predictions have been vindicated, and it has become clear that the Korean desk diplomats at the State Department and their boss Condoleezza Rice have failed miserably, President Bush should pay attention to his august former representative to the United Nations.

By the way, it is not his legacy that President Bush should focus on in the last 12 months of his administration, but the future standing of the U.S. in an increasingly dangerous and unruly world where rogue strongmen flex their muscles.

Robert Zeidman M.D.

Weston, Mass.