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Those old enough to recall the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 are uneasy about the current situation, and as Yogi Berra said “It’s deja’ vu all over again.” Add the false alarm issued in Hawaii and you have a worst-case scenario where, as was quoted in Time in 1956, “there will be no time to check and debate, and the decision to retaliate will be made by some low-ranking officer.” As could be imagined, suddenly “all the missiles fly.”

Now that the rogue country of North Korea has attained not only nuclear capability but the means to possibly deliver it as far as New York City, diplomacy is the o...