[Newspoetry] a primarily carrots-oriented approach

[Joe Futrelle]

 From the NYT:
In Washington, the White House spokesman, Tony Snow, said that the  
most important new development regarding North Korea today was the  
agreement of all Security Council members, including China and  
Russia, “that there needs to be some appropriate punishment” as a way  
of persuading North Korea’s leaders to change their behavior.

“The people most directly capable of influencing their decisions have  
stepped up and said the old policy of appeasement wasn’t working,”  
Mr. Snow said.

He later backtracked from that label. “I’m not going to say  
appeasement,” he said. “You have had a primarily carrots-oriented  
approach.”


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Joe Futrelle
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