All of this reminds me of North Korea. Back in 1994, the United States confronted the North Koreans over their nuclear program. A confrontation seemed inevitable until Jimmy Carter traveled to Pyongyang and returned with what became the 1994 Agreed Framework, under which the NoKo’s allegedly agreed to end it’s quest for enriched uranium that would be used in nuclear weapons. In reality, of course, that program continued in secret until it officially broke down in 2002 and, within a few short years, it was apparent that North Korea had at least a small stockpile of nuclear weapons.