President Obama's highly publicized surprise visit to Afghanistan had nothing to do with the outcome of the war itself and everything to do with domestic political consumption. It was designed to win votes from a war-weary public.
Smaller countries want to develop their independent technological capabilities so as to avoid relentless bullying from world imperialism. Washington, however, treated the DPRK's April 13 satellite launch as a virtual act of act of war.
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