NeoCon Watch

The best way to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue is for China to open its border, turning Kim Jong-il into a North Korean version of former East German leader Erich Honecker, whose regime was overthrown, a neocon columnist has proposed.

Duncan Currie, an editorial assistant with the U.S. neoconservative mouthpiece The Weekly Standard, offered the suggestion in a Monday column entitled, "Kim Jong Honecker? Our Strategy for Dislodging the North Korean Tyrant Should Recall East Germany."