Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when American Diplomacy consisted of demanding that adversaries give up all of their leverage before we’d agree to negotiate.

SecState effectively ruling out diplomacy w NKorea, saying regime must earn its way to table and that “until denuclearization occurs, the pressure will continue.” Denuclearization should be a long term, not an interim, goal and not a precondition for talks https://t.co/LyY0CfDwZY

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) December 28, 2017