If
the United States were on good terms with Russian President Vlad
Putin it might be easier to contain North Korean nuclear development
or end it militarily. All President Putin needs to do is turn a
blind eye to nuclear development technology and hardware transiting
Russia to Kamchatka and on to North Korea to keep Kim Un’s program
progressive. If the U.S.A. were on good terms with Russia President
Putin might stay out of the way and not offer any support to North
Korea. It might then be easier to persuade China to tighten sanctions
on North Korea or to stand back if the U.S.A. chooses to pre-empt and
terminate and possibility of north Korean nuclear attack on the
U.S.A. or Japan.
One
can see that the U.S. policy is something less than real politk and
allows North Korea to develop ICBMs as well as nuclear warheads
without real concern of sudden military determination from the United
States to end the nuclear program and regime of Dictator Kim.
America
is continuing Clinton-era policy to take as much from Russia as
possible and assert a best-case scenario for Wall Street globalist
regarding the value of historically Russian territory. The down side
of that is lasting bad relations with Russia and liberality
concerning North Korean nukes and ICBMs.
