George F. Will: Does North Korea wish to become Upper Volta without rockets?

Washington • Back when the Soviet Union had a first-rate nuclear arsenal but a ramshackle third-world economy that produced no consumer goods other than vodka and caviar that anyone elsewhere would buy, the nation was disparaged as “Upper Volta with rockets.” Today the question is: Would North Korea like to become Upper Volta without rockets and without exportable vodka or caviar?This question is central as the president undertakes to bring about the “complete, verifiable