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I can't help but think that Clinton desired to be loved above all else. He won praise for brokering deals with North Korea and Yasir Arafat. Unfortunately, Kim Jong Il and Arafat loved Clinton, because they believed him a fool. The deals he brokered were meaningless because the other parties did not fear him.

Iran and North Korea both refuse to enter into deals with Bush because they know that they will not be able to slip out of commitments the way they so easily could with Clinton.