What should U.S. policy towards North Korea be?

[Beet]

Option 1 or 2 for me.

[TDAS04]

Just option 2. They won't give up their nukes, but don't recognize them. Just ignore them (but keep the sanctions).

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

WI: Ditch the decadent and declining South and forge a permanent alliance with them

[GeneralMacArthur]

We should try to make them more of a liability than an asset to China -- if the Kim regime is ever deposed it will be at the hands of China, not the United States.

That said, ultimately North Korea is not much of a threat to us.  They are on the other side of the world, we almost certainly have the technology to intercept or disable any nuclear missile they would fire, and their other miscellaneous antagonizing of the United States isn't very impactful (internet hacking, troll farms, counterfeit money, drug production and exportation), chemical and biological weapons for which they don't have any vector.

So any attempt to depose the Kim regime would be either out of humanitarian concerns -- trying to rescue the North Korean people from oppression, torture and misery -- or some rekindling of the Korean War.  We're not going to risk starting a war with China over a humanitarian concern, and American military prowess is an effective enough deterrent that North Korea is unlikely to ever cross the 38th parallel.

[PSOL]

Withdraw both the sanctions and the troops out of South Korea

[Vice President Christian Man]

Resume what Trump started. Mediate another round of peace talks with South Korea in a neutral nation (Singapore would be great) in hopes of reunification. Continue to sanction if North Korea disagrees to the terms of an agreement.

[dead0man]

3, if we can get everyone that matters (S.Korea,Japan,PRC,Russia)to agree to it is the clearly best solution for the most people, but that's hard and unlikely for whatever reasons you might want to come up with that support your political biases.

3, if we can get all of our allies to agree to it is the second best option, but it's unlikely for the same reasons as above (though far more likely)

otherwise we'll have to stick with 2, unless the Norks (really Doughboy and his cronies) are willing to play ball

[Old Man Willow]

Option 1. This selective outrage over what oppressive regimes should be tolerated or not is tired and hypocritical. Like Venezuela and 1990s Iraq, the sanctions have contributed far more to the poor living conditions than the dictatorship itself.

[KaiserDave]

Honestly....whatever Trump was doing in 2018 was alright. But he's an unthinking child and Moon (a real statesman) was doing all the real legwork. But obviously 1 and especially 3 (I would prefer the people of Seoul to remain alive) are not options.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Option 1 while pushing for reunification. In fact, couple 1 with that.