Endgame Viable

The solution to North Korea remains elusive, and the situation appears on-pace to escalate into a really, really bad scrum someday. Most liberal blogs advocate abandoning the six-party talks and negotiating with them one-on-one, but I fail to see how that’s a position of strength, or how that would solve anything. (Besides, that’s apparently what Clinton did, and it didn’t work either.) It sounds more like giving in to a toddler throwing a tantrum to me.

And then there’s the question of what to negotiate about. What we want is for him to disarm and stop threatening everyone around him, until he gives up power or dies, but what are the odds of that happening? I’d be fine with buying his army, if that would work. But would he sell up his precious military and his delusions of grandeur in exchange for food for the peasants? That seems unlikely.

We’re already giving them food, by the way. This old article says half of the aid they receive comes from the U.S. And what are they giving us in return? Nothing but stress and counterfeit hundred dollar bills.

Thomas Krehbiel writes The Krehbiel Strikes Back, a moderate commentary on news, media, politics, and culture. — Virginians, Vote No.