An opportunity with North Korea?
John Bolton looks at the Norks latest breach of faith as "a critical moment on a gravely important issue, North Korea has again shown its true colors, thus providing the United States an opportunity to extricate itself from this unwise and dangerous deal."
I doubt we will leap at the opportunity. There is too much invested in trying to make diplomacy work to recognize its failure. Like a bad investment in a down market, we are unwilling to cut our losses and redirect our efforts.
There are opportunities now that were not there when this deal was reached. The current government of South Korea is much more realistic about the Norks and would be much tougher on them. China is also still fed up with the kooks in Korea.
The bottom line is that North Korea has proved its critcs correct. North Korea's word is no good.
I doubt we will leap at the opportunity. There is too much invested in trying to make diplomacy work to recognize its failure. Like a bad investment in a down market, we are unwilling to cut our losses and redirect our efforts.
There are opportunities now that were not there when this deal was reached. The current government of South Korea is much more realistic about the Norks and would be much tougher on them. China is also still fed up with the kooks in Korea.
The bottom line is that North Korea has proved its critcs correct. North Korea's word is no good.
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