[Newspoetry] a primarily carrots-oriented approach

[Mike Lehman]

 From Bugs Bunny, that line might have been funny. It only makes Snow 
look even more like the cheap court jester he really is.
Mike Lehman

Joe Futrelle wrote:
> 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.”
>
>
> -- 
> Joe Futrelle
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