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posted by martyb on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the real-progress-or-false-hope? dept.

foxnews.com/us/2018/03/06/trump-cites-possible-progress-in-talks-with-nkorea.html

Trump commented Tuesday on Twitter after the South Korean government announced that North Korea has agreed to halt tests of nuclear weapons and missiles if it holds talks with the U.S. on denuclearization. South Korea and North Korea have also agreed to hold summit talks in late April.

Trump tweeted: "Possible progress being made in talks with North Korea. For the first time in many years, a serious effort is being made by all parties concerned. The World is watching and waiting! May be false hope, but the U.S. is ready to go hard in either direction!"

The Associated Press has some additional information:

While the offer of talks could ease tensions, the adversaries will still have to overcome deep mutual suspicion. The U.S. has consistently demanded North Korea give up its nukes, which the reclusive socialist state had previously insisted was off the table until Washington abandoned its "hostile policy" toward it. At a minimum, the Americans wanted a halt in nuclear and missile testing for talks to begin.

"Maybe this is a breakthrough. I seriously doubt it," Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, told a Senate hearing Tuesday. He said his doubts are grounded in what he called failed efforts by previous U.S. administrations to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear program.

Coats said Kim is "very calculating" and views his nuclear capabilities as "essential to his well-being as well as the well-being of his nation."

[...] Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. would remain "firm in our resolve" whichever direction talks with North Korea go. "All options are on the table and our posture toward the regime will not change until we see credible, verifiable and concrete steps toward denuclearization," Pence said in a statement.

[...] On returning from Pyongyang, Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's presidential national security director, said North Korea expressed willingness to hold a "candid dialogue" with the United States to discuss its nuclear disarmament and establish diplomatic relations. Chung said North Korea "made it clear that it won't resume strategic provocations like additional nuclear tests or test-launches of ballistic missiles" while such talks are underway.

[...] But the administration will have difficult questions of its own as it gauges North Korea's intentions. An initial hurdle could be presented by U.S.-South Korean military drills that were postponed during the Olympics and are due to resume next month. North Korea is likely to push for a suspension of the drills which it views as a provocation and a threat, and may ask for relief from U.S.-led economic sanctions.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:53PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @12:53PM (#648968)

    Kim Jong Un has said that he only has nukes for self defense, and is willing to get rid of them as soon as he believes he doesn't need them.

    So this should be easy for Trump. Just offer Kim a deal where the US and North Korea both get rid of all their nukes.

    That is, if the USA is serious about this... Which I don't believe until I see it.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 07 2018, @01:24PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 07 2018, @01:24PM (#648973) Journal

    Which I don't believe until I see it.

    Trump is bound to run in hordes to organize a video demonstration so that a S/N AC would believe. Again.
    I mean believe again [vevo.com]. Or was it this one [youtube.com]?

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:33PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:33PM (#649087) Journal

    Ideally, it would be a crime against humanity for Any Nation to have Nuclear Weapons. A weapon with that amount of destructive power is beyond what anyone should have. Especially with all of the environmental concerns that go with even using one. Quickest way to destroy the earth is for a War to break out between Nuclear Powers. While one could hope that no country would be stupid enough to use Nuclear Weapons; especially a large number of them. It's naive to think that it wouldn't be a possibility.

    Onto the separate issue of trusting a Dictator/Emperor/Self Proclaimed god to keep his word about giving up power. Hahahahahhahahhahahahahhahahhahahaha!!!! Oh, you actually think, Kim Jong Un would get rid of his Nuclear Weapons? That's rich. Even, if he did. The USA isn't the only country with Nuclear Weapons. The entire world needs to give up on Nuclear Weapons. The entire world needs to disarm. At the Same Time, and the entire world (Hello United Nations) needs to go after Any country that thinks about stockpiling / using them.

    The only way to get 6 people to stop pointing their guns at each other is at the same time.

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    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
    • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:48PM

      by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:48PM (#649135) Homepage Journal

      This isn’t a guns situation. I think that mental health is your problem here. We have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries. This is a very -- based on preliminary reports -- very deranged individual. A lot of problems over a long period of time. As far as the risk of dealing with a madman is concerned, that's his problem, not mine.

      As part of our defense, we must modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal, hopefully never having to use it, but making it so strong and so powerful that it will deter any acts of aggression by any other nation or anyone else. Powerful enough that if we "shoot" first, we will win overwhelmingly. Perhaps someday in the future there will be a magical moment when the countries of the world will get together to eliminate their nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, we are not there yet, sadly.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:37PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:37PM (#649130)

    offer Kim a deal where the US and North Korea both get rid of all their nukes

    With how Trump was portrayed leading up to and after winning the election you'd think he would have achieved this already by using every nuke the US has to eradicate North Korea and thus its nuclear aspirations. Can't let this madman get his hands on the nuclear codes!!

    • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:06PM

      by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:06PM (#649142) Homepage Journal

      A few Dems sound like you. The ones who didn't vote for me but wish they had. Our great investors are VERY HAPPY I have nuclear codes -- we call them Gold Codes. Our Dow was 18,000 on Election Day. It went over 26,000. We have NEVER had 70 Dow Records in a one year period. Wow! And it's going much, much higher. Because I dumped Gary Cohn, my economic advisor. Kicked him to the curb. He says he resigned, I told him he could resign. Or get FIRED! And trust me, I'll move very strongly on Korea if I have to. Very strongly.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:16PM (#649149)

    'm sure Putin would love that.