re: Susan Rice: US can 'tolerate' nuclear weapons in North Korea

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deposing the NK regime and allowing either a more western friendly puppet regime or unifying the country under the South's leadership.

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Why do you keep assuming this is the ultimate goal?

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Which in the process will set off an enormous humanitarian crisis and the potential for a failed state on their borders with even greater uncertainty.

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If China doesn't act they're going to have this anyway and have no say in how it happens.