Should the US help North Korea in wake of train disaster?

[azskyman]

We're perhaps one of the only nations in the world where that question even comes up? Should we help those in trouble? It's expected of us...yet can come back to bite us too.

I'd be in favor of reasonable humanitarian assistance alongside others who are helping too.

No cash!

[GalvestonDuck]

Now that I've read this:

In 1994, the United States and North Korea reached another agreement. In exchange for the North Koreans freezing their nuclear-weapons program, the Americans promised to provide aid for oil imports. But four years later, the United States detected the North Koreans constructing a huge new underground nuclear complex. The famine-plagued Communist country then demanded massive food shipments before it would allow inspections of this underground facility. In March 1999, the Clinton administration agreed to give North Korea $60 million in food assistance.

I've changed my mind and I agree with Steve -- no cash!