The United States must act against North Korea before it is too late, as its leader Kim Jong Un seeks war. It is dangerous to believe that this is absurd, as the world once naively thought about Putin, journalists from The New York Times write.
“Since the end of the Cold War, it seems that every formula, from the threat of war to the promise of peace, has been tried. And yet, despite being subject to more sanctions than any other country, North Korea has developed a nuclear arsenal. It has approximately 50 warheads and sophisticated missiles that could theoretically deliver these weapons to targets in the continental United States,” asserts edition.
Journalists note that Kim refused to improve relations between North Korea and the United States. Instead, Pyongyang began flirting with Moscow. According to the publication, in this way Kim can begin to prepare for his own war.
“It may seem absurd, even suicidal, for Mr. Kim to seek war. But many people in Ukraine doubted Mr. Putin would launch a full invasion until the rockets started falling in February 2022 and Hamas took Israel completely by surprise. in October,” the journalists remind.
The publication explains that the US strategy, which consisted of economic pressure on the DPRK demanding nuclear disarmament, turned out to be ineffective. The disarmament of North Korea itself is not possible now, the author believes. Therefore, the United States should begin diplomatic cooperation with the country, and not move away from the nuclear state.
“The United States must be realistic. The world is very different from when the United States, China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas came together in the 2000s to negotiate the denuclearization of North Korea. The country is now a formidable nuclear power , and its leader sounds increasingly bellicose. The President needs to get the wheels of diplomacy in motion before it’s too late,” the publication concludes.
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Earlier, North Korea showed artillery exercises of its military, which was personally attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. According to The Times, the DPRK leader is thus strengthening his military rhetoric.
In addition, it recently became known that a Russian cargo plane, which is under US sanctions, landed in Pyongyang. The flight raised concerns about illegal arms shipments from North Korea to Russia.
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2024-03-17 12:53:00
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