So after meeting with the nutjobs of the north and telling them we really do recognize them as a sovereign state, are the North Koreans finally satisfied that they don't need nukes to prevent us from invading?
If you said 'yes' you simply haven't been paying attention. North Korea does not believe us:
"U.S. recognition of sovereignty is fake," the official KCNA news service quoted a North Korean Foreign Ministry official as saying.
The issue is important to the government, which has repeatedly said it is under threat of attack by the United States and frequently seeks reassurances of its status as an equal power.
"Fake." If any nation on Earth is the anti-EU, the body that thinks talking is everything, then North Korea is the anti-EU. Talks with them are worthless if the objective is to solve the problem.
And the issue of sovereignty is important? Only in the sense that it shows that North Korea cannot be soothed with words. They will never believe any words or guarantees. They only believe in the power of wielding nuclear weapons.
As long as we remember this, we will be fine. Squeeze the SOBs until they collapse. I'd much rather have South Korea and China cope with hungry refugees than cope with a nuclear North Korea.
