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Sounds to me like those "scientists" aren't very smart, since they think Trump has a "single-minded focus on disarmament". He doesn't. He has a number of issues, with respect to NK, that he is focused on.
So a nuclear NK is now acceptable with you, got it. You guys were screaming up the hill about NK having Nukes but since your master Trump is pondering that is acceptable for NK have nukes, now you follow like a good little Trump soldier. Trump supporters have a hive mind when it comes to Trump. Trump can do no wrong, Trump always tells the truth and the media is the enemy, so sayeth the Trump supporter.
Please don't put words in my mouth. Address exactly what I said or don't address me at all. You are wasting my time.
You are dismissed.
Sounds to me like those "scientists" aren't very smart, since they think Trump has a "single-minded focus on disarmament". He doesn't. He has a number of issues, with respect to NK, that he is focused on.
From United Press International
Report: North Korea will maintain nuclear arsenal for decades
SEOUL, July 12 (UPI) -- North Korea will maintain its nuclear arsenal for the next two decades and the United States' insistence on its rapid disarmament is an "unrealistic goal," according to a report by the Federation of American Scientists presented in Seoul on Friday.
"There is no mix of economic, diplomatic or military pressure that can verifiably eliminate North Korea's arsenal on acceptable terms in the next few years," read the report, which was produced by a study group on North Korean policy at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank. "North Korea will in all likelihood remain nuclear-armed and under the control of the Kim family for the next two decades."
The report claims that a single-minded focus on disarmament has overlooked other threats from North Korea, including "the risk of conventional war, ballistic missile proliferation, contagion of infectious disease and the continued suffering and repression of the North Korean people."
The authors call for a new, long-term strategy in dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea that looks to manage risks and maintain stability while working toward economic, humanitarian and diplomatic engagement.
COMMENT:-
This report could not possibly be correct since Mr. Trump has, in the greatest triumph for American diplomacy ever, already in his greatest success so far (and one that will never be equalled by any American President past or future) already negotiated the complete nuclear disarmament of the DPRK.
At least that's what the White House press releases said and you don't know how difficult it is going to be to convince me that Mr. Trump would ever be anything but 100% truthful.
Over the past two years despite all the propaganda pushed out by the White House of multiple so-called 'negotiation meetings' with Kim Jong-un, the US isn't any closer to getting N. Korea to give up nuclear weapons as it was 10 years ago. All those meetings, and the one at the DMZ was nothing other than great propaganda for Kim Jong-un's population. N. Korea is on the same path as they have always been and that's to develop the ability to deploy a missile equipped with a nuclear weapon capable of striking the mainland US.
In the meantime, Iran has been watching very closely. They understand that in order to get any concessions from Trump, they will first have to posses a nuclear arsenal. So why would anyone be surprised when Iran announced they're moving forward with their nuclear program and enriching more uranium that had previously been limited by the Iran nuclear deal?
No way could Kim afford to give up his nukes.
Even if he was stupid enough to think he could have survived giving up his nukes, Pence put him straight on that matter with the timely reminder of what happened to Muammar Gaddafi.
Trump is a sick, dictator-loving joke.
But his supporters will keep singing his praises as he actually does things they had fits over when they imagined that Obama might possibly do them.
No way could Kim afford to give up his nukes.
Even if he was stupid enough to think he could have survived giving up his nukes, Pence put him straight on that matter with the timely reminder of what happened to Muammar Gaddafi.
Trump is a sick, dictator-loving joke.
But his supporters will keep singing his praises as he actually does things they had fits over when they imagined that Obama might possibly do them.
Over the past two years despite all the propaganda pushed out by the White House of multiple so-called 'negotiation meetings' with Kim Jong-un, the US isn't any closer to getting N. Korea to give up nuclear weapons as it was 10 years ago. All those meetings, and the one at the DMZ was nothing other than great propaganda for Kim Jong-un's population. N. Korea is on the same path as they have always been and that's to develop the ability to deploy a missile equipped with a nuclear weapon capable of striking the mainland US.
In the meantime, Iran has been watching very closely. They understand that in order to get any concessions from Trump, they will first have to posses a nuclear arsenal. So why would anyone be surprised when Iran announced they're moving forward with their nuclear program and enriching more uranium that had previously been limited by the Iran nuclear deal?
ROFL. A politicized group of American scientists said it, so it must be true, huh?
NK acquiring...and keeping...nuclear weapons was a near-inevitability. Trump embarrassed himself and our country for no reason whatsoever.
NK acquiring...and keeping...nuclear weapons was a near-inevitability. Trump embarrassed himself and our country for no reason whatsoever.
I am sure that Kim Jong Il is honored thatso much of the left on US political forumsTrump supports him in his quest to develop and maintain nukes.
But for weeks before the meeting, which started as a Twitter offer by the president for Mr. Kim to drop by at the Demilitarized Zone and “say hello,” a real idea has been taking shape inside the Trump administration that officials hope might create a foundation for a new round of negotiations.
The concept would amount to a nuclear freeze, one that essentially enshrines the status quo, and tacitly accepts the North as a nuclear power, something administration officials have often said they would never stand for.
It falls far short of Mr. Trump’s initial vow 30 months ago to solve the North Korea nuclear problem, but it might provide him with a retort to campaign-season critics who say the North Korean dictator has been playing the American president brilliantly by giving him the visuals he craves while holding back on real concessions.
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While the approach could stop that arsenal from growing, it would not, at least in the near future, dismantle any existing weapons, variously estimated at 20 to 60. Nor would it limit the North’s missile capability.
Sounds like a bad case of TDS. The comparisons to Muammar Gaddafi are ludicrous. First he did not yet have nukes. He only had a program seeking to develop them. He gave up that program and all wmds in his possession after US troops in Iraq pulled Saddam Hussein out of that spidey hole. And it was fellow islamic extremists that took him out. And like it or not, the insane fat boy in North Korea is alot more likely to survive if he gives up nukes then if he holds onto them.
Kim Jong-un is advised by generals who advised his father before him. They're not about to relinquish any nuclear weapons because they know the US will immediately move for a regime change. That's what John Bolton wants in Iran and it's the first thing John Bolton will advise regarding N. Korea too. Kim Jong-un proudly defends his regime because it was his legacy left to him by his grandfather.
North Korea would never strike anyone first because, very simply, Kim doesn’t want to die. That’s because Kim has certainly applied to the situation what the mainstream narrative would like you to discard — common sense. With just a dash of it, any logical being can look at the events unfolding and see that North Korea poses no threat, to any surrounding nation, period. Trump and Kim Jong-un are reckless and impetuous. They're both unchecked and impulsive and need to be restrained diplomatically by the grown-ups in the room.
If Kim Jong Il does not relinquish his nukes, there will absolutely be a regime change and the US will not have to do anything more then keeping the sanctions going.
You will have to do better then the New York Times.
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