Moral and ethical questions also cannot and should not be avoided. The answer is clearly no. We must distinguish between North Korea's repressive rulers and its innocent people, most of whom were born under this regime and none of whom have the freedom to choose their leaders. Complex geopolitical posturing among the powers that be in Washington, Seoul, and Pyongyang have compromised our moral grounding. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Famines are terrible.
I ran a half dozen famine-relief operations around the world during the Bush administration. Andrew Natsios is a World Vision vice president and former director of the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.