Apart from anything else, there is an important domestic political reason for US reticence: a Democratic US president cannot afford to look “soft.” More important, even if the US were to provide such guarantees to North Korea, the regime’s paranoid propaganda would probably continue, given the centrality to Juche of fear of the outside world.
一些人指出，美国可以通过向朝鲜妥协增强其在东北亚的安全——具体而言，就是能诺不袭击或颠覆金氏政权。美国人不可能同意这一点，韩国也不希望看到这一幕。除去其他因素，美国的缄默还有重要的国内政治原因：民主党美国总统不能忍受被视为“软”。更重要的是，即使美国向朝鲜提供这一保证，朝鲜的偏执宣传也会继续，因为来自外部世界的恐惧乃是主题思想的核心。