It is known that some senior military officers were quietly critical of Kim Jong-il’s failure in managing the country’s relationship with the United States and Japan. Their expectation might have been that North Korea could improve relations with the US while retaining its nuclear weapons, in exchange for not developing long-range missiles.
众所周知某些高级军官私下对金正日未能管理好美日关系有诸多批评。他们本来希望朝鲜以放弃发展远程导弹为代价，在保留核武器的同时改善朝美关系。毕竟，如果巴基斯坦能这么做，朝鲜为什么不能？