To the editor:
Peace may be coming to the Korean Peninsula. Until recently, a peace treaty between South and North Korea seemed impossible. ("As North Korea offers to give up its nuclear arms, the Trump administration insists it's not 'starry-eyed,'" April 29)
I am elated by this development, which can be attributed primarily to the newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who has strenuously campaigned for peace between the two countries.
And if President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can bring about peace between the U.S. and North Korea, I will have to give them credit even though Kim is a ruthless killer and Trump an inveterate con artist or worse.
I am reminded that it was Richard Nixon, the first president to resign from office over possibly criminal behavior, and Mao Zedong, the Chinese dictator responsible for millions of deaths, who opened diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China.
Clive Leeman, Ojai
