Is there a role for the U.N. to play in lowering tensions on the Korean Peninsula?
We don’t want to see any solutions coming from the U.N. The major consultations should be between the U.S. and North Korea. And bordering countries like South Korea, Russia, and China should also play a role. Q: Should sanctions continue to be used against North Korea? A: Sanctions are useless, useless. History has already shown the world that sanctions don’t work. Look at Cuba and the Castro regime. Four decades of sanctions have proved useless there. From China’s own experience, we find that economic opening and trade works. Sanctions can have the opposite effect. They can strengthen hardline groups who can then say: “Look, the U.S. wants us to die.” Q: What would China’s reaction be to the use of military force with North Korea? A: That would be a disaster. For South Korea, it would be a disaster. One million people could be hit by a North Korean military retaliation following U.S. military action. For American men and women in uniform serving in South Korea, this would also be a di
