North Korea, on the other hand....

When a country really does have a nuclear weapons program, President Bush is a lot more circumspect.

CRAWFORD, Tex., July 21 -- President Bush appeared today to shrug off evidence that North Korea may have begun producing plutonium at a second, hidden nuclear facility, and avoided any hint of confrontation with the country as it races to expand its nuclear arsenal.

The message seems clear: if you're going to confront the U.S., you better be well on the way to having the nuclear arsenal.

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