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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
But does there come a time when our perceived benevolence, which they translate into weakness, must be ended in order for us to stop this crazy cycle of international extortion; because that is how I see it.
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Allen West
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

West questions whether U.S. kindness is seen as weakness by North Korea.

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