“any solution that leaves Kim in charge of nuclear weapons is too dangerous to the US.”
Not if we make it equally or more dangerous to the Chinese.
Kim does not subscribe to MAD Leaving him in control of missiles will be an imminent danger to the US regardless of how the Chinese play their part and soon we will have the same problem with the religious fanatics in Iran.
Exactly. It's time for the communist puppet masters to face the heat for their little game. Arm South Korea and Japan with nukes, and make it clear that their missiles and ours are aimed not at North Korea, but at China, and will be launched at them if Kim Jong Idiot harms so much as one American, Japanese, or South Korean citizen.