What "should" they do?

http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050512/610000000020050512171557E8.html
Korean Peninsula in 'very ominous' crisis: Kim Dae-jung
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung said on Thursday the Korean Peninsula appears to be entering into a "very ominous" crisis, referring to speculation over North Korea's preparation for a nuclear test and a U.S. preemptive strike.Kim warned the United States against hurrying to take punitive actions against North Korea amid calls to take the nuclear issue to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.

Kim Dae-jung"We cannot agree to a preemptive strike, which is being raised now in the United States, as it could lead to annihilation of our people," Kim said in a speech at a university outside of Seoul.His remarks came a day after the North upped the ante in its nuclear standoff with the U.S. by announcing the unloading of 8,000 spent fuel rods from its 5-megawatt reactor, a process experts say would give the North more weapons-grade plutonium to make bombs.Seoul dismissed it as Pyongyang's apparent move aimed at boosting its negotiating power, while Washington downplayed it as a provocative act that would only further isolate it from the international community.Kim called on the U.S. to hold an active dialogue with North Korea, noting that Washington had done so with the former Soviet Union and China, which it had regarded as an evil empire and an aggressor of the Korean War, respectively.

The U.S. met with North Korea three times along with South Korea, China, Russia and Japan since 2003 to end the nuclear row, but failed to make any significant progress.Kim, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for a historic summit in 2000, also urged the North not to conduct a nuclear test and come back to the six-way talks on its nuclear program, calling Pyongyang's possession of nuclear weapons "the wrong strategy."North Korea declared on Feb. 10 that it possessed nuclear weapons and vowed to stay away from the talks, citing what it called "hostile" policy by the U.S. toward it.

The Nobel laureate also said North Korea and the U.S. should reach an accord in resolving the dispute and the four other participants should guarantee the implementation of the accord."North Korea should completely abandon its nuclear program and the United States should guarantee the safety of North Korea and lift economic sanctions on it," Kim said. "Only when North Korea and the United States come forward with these postures can the six-way talks guarantee their implementation."

You know, it is a rare moment that I agree with the ex-president. Honestly, he is severly tainted in my mind because of bribery allegations regarding the 2000 summit. Even with that in mind, he does have a point in saying that the US should not take pre-emptive action. Simply put, it would mean war and no one is ready for that right now. (especially me)