North Korea says denuclearization pledge not result of U.S.-led sanctions

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4. That's an excellent point

And I keep thinking back to the last time we negotiated successfully with North Korea - in 1994 Jimmy Carter, with his background in nuclear engineering and his gift for diplomacy, brokered a successful deal with Kim Jong-un's grandfather on behalf of the Clinton administration and was continued with his father, Kim Jong-il, and SoS Madeline Albright. It held until 2002 after George W Bush*'s "Axis of Evil" proclamation. Diplomacy is the key and neither of these players have a clue...