It’s a stupid decision. The young man was stupid enough to go to NK and was stupid enough to steal a poster. Now the family won’t allow the gathering of evidence necessary for taking action against NK. The US should just forget the whole incident, we owe the family nothing.
>> The young man was stupid enough to go to NK <<
Agreed.
>> and was stupid enough to steal a poster <<
Never proven. His “confession” was obviously under duress.
For all we know, moreover, he may never even have touched a poster, but rather was simply grabbed by the NORK’s to be used later as some kind of bargaining chip — or for some kind of propaganda stunt.