I must make it clear at the outset that I agree with the author’s main point in principle. However, I disagree with his rationale. While very well-intentioned, the article suffers from several problems. Most notably, it claims that North Korea’s top policy with regards to United States is to force United States to accept that North Korea is a nuclear weapons state, a view which warrants more cautious analysis. In addition, the article claims that North Korea’s denuclearization should be the premise of negotiations, a view which underestimates North Korea’s strategy. I suggest that North Korea’s priority is not de facto acceptance regarding its nuclear status, but something else. I also argue that, in order to discuss denuclearization, one needs to understand why nuclear weapons are of utmost importance to North Korea.