US helping none in DPRK issue

Intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. KCNA via Agencies US President Donald Trump's reaction to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's sixth nuclear test on Sunday stood out－not for its condemnation but for its twisted approach. And Moon, reacting to Trump's threat to the DPRK, said: "No one should be allowed to decide on a military action on the Korean Peninsula without the ROK's agreement." Although Pyongyang's latest nuclear test poses a serious challenge to Moon's strategy of inter-Korea dialogue, reconciliation and cooperation, Trump should have realized before criticizing Moon for his "appeasement" that sanctions have a worse record than talks. Asserting that sanctions don't work, Robert Gallucci, chief US negotiator with Pyongyang during the Bill Clinton administration, said that during his contacts with DPRK officials, he realized they were fully aware of the cases of Iraq and Libya, where the US pursued regime change even after those countries had abandoned their attempts to acquire nuclear weapons.