Today’s featured op-ed in the Washington Post, “North Korea’s consistent message to the U.S.,” is by former President Jimmy Carter. In case you have forgotten, Carter has been to the DPRK in both official and unofficial capacities. He has a relationship with the regime and speculates that all the North Koreans want is a little respect:
[I]t is entirely possible that their recent revelation of their uranium enrichment centrifuges and Pyongyang’s shelling of a South Korean island Tuesday are designed to remind the world that they deserve respect in negotiations that will shape their future. Ultimately, the choice for the United States may be between diplomatic niceties and avoiding a catastrophic confrontation.
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