We are having a discussion and I am not being partisan. I'm challenging the assumption that there are only 2 possible outcomes and the stupidity of there not being a scenario where both sides can come away with a win. Let's see what kind of agreement is reached and go from there because at this point, we don't know what kind of agreement is going to be reached.
In my opinion...
North Korea became what it did because of all the external forces around it. They bunkered themselves in and became a nation under seige thanks to the cold war. Being at war is part of their national identity at this point and it's because they are fearful we are going to attack them. Do we really want to attack them? Why? Do they really want to attack us? Why? It doesn't seem like we have a reason to fight them and they really don't have a reason to attack us. I mean fuck, it's been 65 years and we haven't invaded. Why would we do it now? If the internet makes it's way into the North, it's game over for the regime. We can wait them out if their leadership is that stupid.