[quote=afx114][quote=sd_matt]I wonder how much of Obama believes in appeasement and how much of him believes that he really is slick enough to disarm NK with words.[/quote]
What would you have him do? Invade North Korea?
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Jump to conclusions if you want. There are alternatives to appeasement and war. Wasn’t it what Bush was doing? Not taking any sh$$? Sanctions?
Personally I would respond to each threat with a very small tightening of sanctions.I would also attempt to drive wedges into the regime by reaching out to Kims subordinates. If I can somehow get cooperation out of his subordinates I would relax or tighten the sanctions accordingly. Its a stretch but why not try to make Kim irrelevant? Perhaps help splinter the regime?
To bolster that I would increase aid on the condition that Americans are visibly handing over the aid. Again a stretch but why not? Lets try to work our tentacles into the regime? Do the same in Palestine.
