The basic choice is: does Obama seek ineffectual UN resolutions and sanctions, or does he add real teeth to such efforts by, for example, imposing restrictions on North Korea's ability to conduct international financial transactions.
Bush did this in 2005 and it caused immense pain for the North Korean dictatorship: access to hard currency is critical to the regime to allow key military and political leaders to enjoy an opulent lifestyle in an impoverished land.
Obama would be wise to reinstate this policy and/or others like it that would impose serious difficulties for the regime.
Will he?
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