Straw man argument. President Bush has never argued that Iraq was "uniquely" dangerous. In fact, it was the NYT that severely criticized Bush for the very opposite thing when Bush publicly identified and named the "axis of evil".
NYT says: "Because North Korea has now violated solemn international weapons agreements..."
Now??? North Korea has admitted that their nuclear program has been ongoing and continuous even while Kim Jong Il was giving the useful idiots Carter and Clinton his "personal reassurances" that all such activity had ceased.
This nuclear debacle with North Korea underscores the historical truth that in matters of the military and foreign affairs, the NYT is way out of it's league and should sit down and STFU.
Regards,
Boot Hill