[Salvavida]

Sorry, but that is a piece of paper. It's symbolic but meaningless. There would be nothing stopping aggression the very next day because they are two different systems that cannot co-exist.

This is the real issue: "Last week, Secretary of State nominee CIA Director Mike Pompeo said North Korea should not expect rewards from talks until it takes irreversible steps to give up its nuclear weapons."

Then we can go home.

[zencycler]

Almost agree with that, except ... the only “reward” should be that a punishment stops.

IMHO, our foreign policy should simply be ...

1) Good behavior is expected, so no “rewards” for good behavior. Sorry, but our resources are the reward of our own good behavior, so we’re keeping those for ourselves.

2) Punishments for bad behavior for as long as the behavior lasts or as long as it’s deemed in our national interest to implement or maintain that sanction to ensure that the situation has been resolved.