Could They Make It Any Plainer?

"We hope the situation will be resolved before an unfortunate incident of us firing a nuclear missile comes," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a North Korean official as saying. "That depends on how the U.S. will act."

Over a month ago, Hound Dog suggested it would be a good idea if the USA removed its troops from South Korea. See last paragraph of Pervert pushes nukes off center stage, 'til now. Now the 37,000 American troops manning the DMZ will be the hostages in all future negotiations, stated or otherwise. The official United States' pigheaded position of not sitting down mano a mano with the resident Nut-in-the-North may just result in everyone's worst fears.