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Factor with a former ambassador to china, jon huntsman. well take a history of action versus bluster. and with a possible missile launch looming in the coming days, north korea finds some shady ways to bankroll its muscle flexing. im wolf blitzer, and this is a "the situation room" special report of the north korean crisis. china suddenly taking a new and tougher line against north korea right now. over the weekend, chinas president pointedly complained that no country should be allowed to...

I mean, this is what im trying to get to, the devils advocate argument. the debate right now centers around the idea that taking action is less risky than not taking action. this way of framing the debate is actually extremely problematic and off. in many ways, first of all, this eliminates the possibility that there is another action. it absolves the u.s. from taking another action or another choice because the debate is being framed as action versus inaction. no, there is another course of act...