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BusH's b"nding of!<an , l<aq the decision of his judicial supporters by pardoning and North Korea, in his State of the Union address on and releasing a reformist member of the parliamen t 30 January, as parts of an 'axis of evil' was simplistic who had been jailed for being ou tspoken against the and out of focus. It confused terrorism with weapons hardliners. This was not necessarily a major victory of m ass destruction, and indicated that the State fo r the reformists, but it does signal that the reform ­ D epartment is being upstaged by the military in run­ ists' strategy for peaceful and incremental change in rung American foreign policy. It can only undermine Iran is moving forward. The alternative to this strategy the position of reformists in Iran, the process of is violen ce and bloodsh ed-something which Presiden t Khatami wants to avoid. President Bush 's description of Iran as a terrorist state, despite President Bu sh's description of Iran as a terrorist state, despite the country's opposition to the Taliban the country's opposition to the Tali ban and a/ Qaeda ... could and al Qaeda and its acquiescence to America's campaign against terror in Afghanistan, could easily easily play into the hands of the hardlin ers. play into the hands of the hardliners, prompting many reformists to support the hardliners' call for national dialogue between the two Koreas and the political un it y agains t the U S threat. It could also put taming of the N orth Korean regime. It could also help Am erica's allies, most of which (including Australia) the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, to tighten further have lucrative trade with Iran, in the embarrassing his hold on Iraq. position of having to defy Washington, as many of President Bush ignored the political complexities them have already done. of these states and the differences between them . It is Similarly, President Bush's la belling is unlikely true that a sm all, unelected hardline fac tion has more to help the cause of reconciliation between the North influence than it deserves in the Iranian power and So uth Koreans, or create an atmosphere whereby structure. T he group, with w hich Iran 's suprem e Seoul and Washington could build on the gains made political-religiou s leader Ayatollah Khaman ei is by the Clinton administration on the diplomatic front. identified, has m anaged to m aintain its original While the North Korean regime is tyrannical, it is also control of a number of state power instrumentalities, well armed, with a possible nuclear capability. To especially the arm ed and security fo rces, as well as isolate it further could have two im portant conse­ the judiciary.