Giving in to the N. Korean demands isn't an option. If you are dealing with good faith, you don't have to threaten the other party. As part of this administrations policy not to deal with terrorism, I find myself in full support. N. Korea is the equivilent of a homeless man using a gun to fill his cup. Its not his 'right' to be fed using this tactic, and its not 'our job' to provide aid to those choosing this action.
Paying him off to resolve this will not solve ANYTHING. It will just prove that he can obtain what he wants with threats of nuclear war and show the world we will negotiate with aid with a gun to our head.
We are essentially being asked to give a hungry, threatening, gun weilding man a fish, and knowing fully well he will be hungry tomorrow. Expecting him not to react in the same way tomorrow when he's hungry again is naive.
Any understanding of Kim Jong and his father, and they way the operate easily qualifies them for 'Axis of Evil' status. Frankly I admire Bush for NOT being political and calling them what they are. Its refreshing to not see the WH pampering their ears and cowering to tyrants.
If it only takes 'one word' to set off a conflict, it was in the making LONG before it got to that point. Pointing a finger at the victim for not giving in is laughable.
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