Then the final thing is enforcement. What happens when we actually catch somebody who has violated international law, rules, and regulations? |
There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently. |
They would rather the United States play the bad cop, and they could play the good cop - let the United States do all the heavy lifting here. |
We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility. |
We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model. |
We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going to adapt their tactics, and what measures we're going to need in order to go forward. |
What Libya did was make a strategic determination that it would have a better future-a more secure, a more prosperous future-if it abandoned its weapons of mass destruction. |
What we can do is to explain as clearly as possible what the benefits would be of him going down one path, and what the potential consequences would be if he chooses another path. |
What we're doing now in terms of our diplomacy with Libya is to ensure that that in fact comes true: that there are tangible and intangible benefits for Libya-with us, with our European partners, with Libya's neighbors in the region- as it is welcomed back into the community of nations. |
You are either going forward or you are not. |
You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done. |