I do not rule out optimism.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.

A delay does not serve well the North Korean people.

This issue of trust is very large. It will take some time to unfold,

North Korea clearly at this time wants to retain the right to have nuclear programs of one type or another,