At the end of the day, the choice to continue as a destitute, international pariah or chart a new course is North Korea's alone to make.
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Power provides the kitchen help, helicopter pilots, guides and personal attendants--all natives of this particularly destitute part of Russia--with secure livelihoods.
To the contrary, as evidenced in his recent interview on CNN, he continues to believe that the Soviet Union must maintain forces equivalent to those of the United States -- with ominous implications for the destitute economy of the former USSR.