But the grim reality is that the nuclear dance preoccupies American chiefs, precluding an overdue appraisal of the horrors the North Korean state metes out to its people.

• 但冷酷的现实是现在核舞蹈占据了美国领导阶层的全部注意力，他们无暇评价北朝鲜强加于其人民身上的种种惨状。