The United States has used the barrel of a gun and the bombs of a drone as its foreign policy since the end of the cold war. We constantly hear that we want to solve the North Korea “crisis” but only threaten military action. It’s important to note that we have NEVER had diplomatic relations with North Korea. NEVER.
Germany and France have backed the stance of Russia and China for negotiations to avert the Korea crisis. South Korea and Japan also seem to be amenable to recent calls by Russian President Vladimir Putin for exclusively diplomatic efforts. Any other option in the alarming standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program portends disaster. Read more here.