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are closing the February issue today highlights from it actually the entire content of it

should be up sometime tomorrow or Thursday including a blockbuster article by Nick

Aberstad author of the most read article in commentary history of miserable 21st century.

This one called the method in North Korea's madness say Nick is a 30 year veteran of

North Korea studies has been there many times and has written a magisterial analysis of

why we should not humor ourselves into thinking that North Korea will collapse of its own

accord or that it's simply being run by a lunatic who can be managed that this is a rational

if barbaric regime and if we understand it correctly we will come up with the policies

that can lead us to ensuring our safety against its depredations we'll get into some of this

later on the show with me podcast I think you can call a podcast to show what do you think

Abe Greenwald do you think you can call it a show I think of it in terms of I think of

it as a show so you see like that was a good show yeah yeah okay we're saving for the

show but it's like will will you like 25 years from now will people say what is this

word show you know I think it's more like they'll say what is this what is this word

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