How stupid are Western leaders?  The horse is already out of the barn and the suggestion to "pay off" N. Korea to stop and/or slow down their nuclear program and never worked in the past, aside from the fact that they already have a working ICBM !  The time for bribery to be a "good actor" is past and as the bible says "spare the rod and spoil the child" has proven true.  The West and supporting Asian countries have to realistically stop this rogue state in it's tracks now!  The next time it will be impossible.  It is now time for the West and Asian supporters to use the high tech armaments that they have been spending billions to develop and produce to end this idiotic situation......or has the money spent on these weapons been a political/economic ploy all these years?