Is Diplomacy The Next Step With North Korea?

Kerry To Seek Diplomatic 'Off-Ramp' For North Korea -- CNN

When he visits Asia later this week, Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss potential diplomatic incentives for North Korea once it stops its bellicose rhetoric and threatening behavior, senior administration officials tell CNN.

Officials warn any resumption of talks with North Korea is premature, and could only come once Pyongyang adheres to its international obligations. But they say Kerry hopes the new emphasis on diplomacy will give the North Koreans a face-saving way to de-escalate the current situation.

"Secretary Kerry agrees that we have to have a robust deterrent because we really don't know what these guys will do," one senior official said. "But he also knows that the North Koreans need a diplomatic off-ramp and that they have to be able to see it."

Read more ....

My Comment: Yup .... I can now see it .... North Korea sucking up to America and the West, pleading for mercy and apologizing for their behavior.