Don’t Punish Kim Jong Un’s People for His Missile Madness

U.S. policy toward North Korea is crazy -- that is, if you believe the old chestnut that insanity means repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Each time the U.S. thinks North Korea has agreed to curtail its nuclear or missile programs, usually in return for some concession, the North either breaches or skips away from its obligations. Brinksmanship and rupture ensue, followed by a laborious and tentative rapprochement -- and then the cycle commences anew. It’s like watching a Bugs Bunny episode, with the U.S. in the role of Elmer Fudd or Yosemite Sam.