North Korea Must Denuclearize by January 2021, Says Mike Pompeo

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has set for Kim Jong Un a January 2021 deadline to get rid of North Korea’s nuclear weapons. The statement signals U.S. readiness to resume talks after a stalemate in the months following the June summit between Donald Trump and Kim. Pompeo said he’d invited North Korea’s foreign minister to meet for talks in New York next week. North Korea pledged Wednesday to dismantle key missile facilities and suggested it would close its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, hinting that denuclearization talks were getting back on track. Trump praised Kim for his statements, telling reporters Wednesday that they represented “tremendous progress” and adding: “He’s calm, I’m calm—so we’ll see what happens.”

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[chelsea0011]

1. What a convenient month and year

[JenniferJuniper]

2. Yes. And I must have 10 million dollars

and retire by January 2021. I simply must.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Well, That Oughta Do It!

Man, was that easy.

I'm totally certain it will happen just that way, too.

[watoos]

4. Nice strategy

I'm guessing it came from Putin. Putin and Kim and maybe even Xi are calling the shots to help Trump.

[dembotoz]

5. Takes 2 to tango...what do we do in return??

Just demanding shit cause you are an asshole thug is interesting diplomacy

[secondwind]

6. This is so frightening. I don't know where to begin.

China, Russia and NK all have a dictator for life. Trump will be the 4th.

They are all ruled by money and greed, and they all don’t give a damn about their own people. THIS CAN HAPPEN. What can we do?

[GeorgeGist]

7. OR?

[Nitram]

8. And when January 2021 rolls around it will be, "North Korea Must Denuclearize by January 2023,

or else, and we really, really mean it this time!"

[Oneironaut]

9. Pfffft. Lamest kicking of the can down the road ever.

“It’s your problem now, suckers!”

[soryang]

10. Or what?

This?


(source: Channel A News Top Ten)

North Korea isn't Iraq or Afghanistan. Much as the North Korean diplomatic defector Tae Yong Ho, gives questionable advice, usually welcomed by the right, here and in South Korea, even he has said a military attack on North Korea would almost certainly have catastrophic results for the region. This is from a conservative who supports US policy.

A new approach is required, the coercive approach isn't going to work. https://www.38north.org/2018/09/wmckinney091718/

It's been the same negotiating problem all along, the inability of the US to come around to the step by step approach to changing the strategic relationships in the region. Since Singapore the US returned to the current style of one sided demands accompanied by threats, and vague promises of future rewards, the so called "two track" approach.

The US approach is an attempt to counter historical trends in the two Koreas and unlikely to be successful unless it changes.