I know your posts well enough to realize you're not a Trump supporter. And I don't argue that sanctions didn't goad NK, and that previous administrations should have worked with China.

However, we're speaking of the here and now. China and Russia finally agreed to tough sanctions, which haven't had time to work. Doubt they want war either. 

Bottom line: Trump is now president, appalling as I find it. And his constant threats of fire and fury, and telling an unhinged Jong-un that we're "locked and loaded" sounds like a challenge, a threat from which Jong-un may not walk away. 

Sorry, blaming the past for the present doesn't work for me when the present stakes are so high, and Trump's tough talk could be misconstrued as a threat of first strike.