A couple places on the web say talk to the guy. Pat Buchanan was one.
I don't always agree with Buchanan. But you can make a deal with the Norks. You can't make deals with the Iranians. You can negotiate with the Norks. Try it and see. It is worth trying, anyhow. A war, even if it is won, would not be a good thing.
It is not likely that this is going to end with the North Korea guy walking off in a huff. He is likely to do something to try to provoke a bigger fight. Pretending he is not there isn't an answer. Is there a risk to talks? Maybe. There were talks with the Imperial Japanese when they attacked at Pearl Harbor. Talks aren't the same as peace, but it may be a start, or it may not be.
Buchanan says retreat from Korea. I'm not so sure that is a good idea.
Japan is going to hell in a handbasket. Should we retreat from there as well? If we start retreating, how far do you retreat? All the way home?
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Many wars start because both sides reach a point where they will not move from entrenched positions. The US has stated many times a willingness to talk. Since 2009 when the NORKS left the talks, they haven't wanted talks. What they want now and have wanted all along is for the US and the South to pay tribute to them in lieu of war. We paid them to stop nuclear research, they took the loot and then continued research until they became proud owners of nuclear weapons. If we continue to feed them, they can continue to spend their money on the war machine. We are paying them to make weapons to kill us. That's what talks got us so far.
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