The Spanish press today makes it clear that negotiating anything with Mr. Kim is not a possible reality. Spain has basically closed down the North Korean embassy in Madrid. Like other European nations Spain states that locking them up inside that workers´paradise is the first step to freeing us all from a mad man.
Russia and China have both urged the world to negotiate a solution to North Korea´s drive to become a supper power. That is their way of saying no solution is better than any solution. China sees Pyongyang as a buffer between itself and South Korea/Japan/the USA while Russia sees the North as a constant thorn in the side of the USA. Neither will really help to solve the problem of a sociopath with atomic weapons in his pocket. For how long has the world been negotiating with them? Have they ever shown any real interest in a solution? Of course, not! They know that China and Russia will cover their back. A couple months ago the North was within a few years of having atomic weapons. Then, a little later they probably had weapons too large to mount on a missile. Now they have hydrogen bombs they can park in Alaska! Who runs our national security agencies?
A solution might be to use the defensive shield in place in Japan, Formosa and Japan to begin to shot North Korean missiles down while they are still flying upwards from their missile bases. How would the local satrap explain that on home town TV? Or, maybe convince the hangers-on around the little big man that the destruction of their paradise is not worth a Kim. Negotiate hard with those few in the hierarchy who would lose most.
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