North Korea plans to resume its nuclear program next week, violating an agreement reached in June with the Bush administration.
At that time, Newsweek's Conventional Wisdom toasted Kim Jong-il, the dictatorial "Dear Leader" of the radical Communist state, on the agreement, which would have removed North Korea for a list of state sponsors of terrorism:
"North Korea: U.S. to take it off the terror list after nuclear declaration. More cognac for the Dear Leader!"
Here's the Newsweek CW for today's online edition:
[Down arrow] By planning to restart nuclear plant, the country shows it's more volatile than Wall Street.