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10. I'm not opposed to negotiation but this is a situation that really doesn't fit with negotiation.

Negotiations usually happen when there is a particular incident that needs to be resolved in order for relations to return to normal. The current situation is just an escalation of threats on both sides. There isn't really a crisis to negotiate, although some might argue that the entire reason the N Koreans started this round of saber rattling is to renew interest in talks between them, S Korea, China, and the US.

Anyway, lines of communication should be kept open/ re-opened where possible and it would probably be constructive to unilaterally tone down our language in the hope that is taken as a cue that this bullshit can stop.