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*** 18-Jan-18 World View -- North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** US, Canada sponsor international North Korea meeting to send signal to China, Russia
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The South Korean women`s ice hockey team may play with the North Korean team (Yonhap)
The United States and Canada are co-sponsoring an international
meeting to discuss actions to be taken to prevent North Korea's
development of a nuclear weapon deliverable by a ballistic missile.
According to Canada's foreign ministry:
<QUOTE>"In this spirit, Canada is co-hosting, with the United
States, the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and
Stability on the Korean Peninsula on January 16, 2018. The
Vancouver group of foreign ministers from across the globe will
meet to demonstrate solidarity in opposition to North Korea’s
dangerous and illegal actions and work together to strengthen
diplomatic efforts toward a secure, prosperous and denuclearized
Korean peninsula. To this end, foreign ministers will also discuss
ways to increase the effectiveness of the global sanctions regime
in support of a rules-based international order."<END QUOTE>
It's almost buried, but the key word here is "denuclearized."
And when you drill down what the term "denuclearized" means to the
meeting participants, it means that all nuclear weapons and nuclear
weapons development must be completely removed from North Korea, and
full, thorough international inspections have to be put in place.
When that happens, then all international sanctions will be moved, and
the result will be "a secure, prosperous and denuclearized Korean
peninsula."
Here's a list of the 20 countries attending the meeting: Canada,
United States, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, France, Greece,
India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines,
Republic of Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
Two countries are missing: China and Russia.
This is infuriating China. In the delusional New Year's speech of
China's president Xi Jinping, he bragged that China will "always be a
builder of world peace, contributor of global development and keeper
of international order," even though China is an international
criminal, having repeated Hitler's actions by annexing other
countries' regions and building illegal military bases in the South
China Sea. (See "1-Jan-18 World View -- Xi Jinping says that China will now have a 'say' on all international issues"
)
So China is calling the Vancouver meeting "illegitimate" and "cold war
thinking." Russia said that the meeting was "a threat to peace
efforts." Russia invaded Georgia and made Georgia's provinces of
South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Russian controlled puppets; Russia
invaded Ukraine and Crimea, and illegally annexed Crimea. Russia and
China always support each other's criminal activities, and so the US
and Canada decided that there was no point in inviting them to
Tuesday's conference.
In an interview on Wednesday, president Donald Trump praised China for
its efforts to restrict oil and coal supplies to North Korea but said
that China could do much more. He also said:
<QUOTE>"Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea.
What China is helping us with, Russia is denting. In other words,
Russia is making up for some of what China is doing. ...
But unfortunately we don’t have much of a relationship with
Russia, and in some cases it’s probable that what China takes
back, Russia gives. So the net result is not as good as it could
be."<END QUOTE>
The official reason being given why Russia and China were not invited
to the meeting is that it's a meeting of a 20-country working group
that fought in the Korean war 65 years ago. This is an obvious
excuse, since the real reason is that China and Russia are not
believed and not trusted. In fact, many people suspect that they're
happy with North Korea's nuclear missiles, since the nuclear missiles
are pointed at the United States, and not at them.
Russia and China want all such meetings to be held in the UN Security
Council, where they can give nonsensical speeches and can veto
anything they don't like. The fact that Russia and China are so
furious that a meeting is being held without them indicates a great
deal of anxiety that they may not be able to get away forever with
lying and showboating. Canadian Foreign Ministry and South China Morning Post and AP and Canadian Press
Related Articles
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**** North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration
****
Most of the mainstream media are bubbling with glee at the news of
North Korea's participation in the winter Olympics games to be held in
South Korea from February 9-25.
The plans for North Korean participation announced so far include:
(Being the cynical person that I am, I'm going to guess that the girls
in the 230-member cheerleading squad will be mingling with the North
Korean athletes, and will have been trained to watch for and report
any signs of defections.)
Many media sources are describing this as a public relations
masterstroke by North Korea's child dictator Kim Jong-un, and that may
be right. At the beginning of the year, North Korea was under
enormous pressure to end its development of nuclear missiles. He
carefully orchestrated the announcements that the North would be
participating in the Olympics, and in doing so he bought himself 2-3
months' time to continue nuclear and ballistic missile development
with little cost to himself.
It's worth noting that almost all mainstream media sources, even those
bubbling over with glee at developments, are questioning Kim Jong-un's
motives. Surprisingly, some media sources credit the Olympics games
breakthrough to Donald Trump's harsh tweets. One analysis in
Seoul-based Chosun Ilbo even worries that the developments will give
the North much needed cash:
<QUOTE>"North and South Korea will hold a celebration in the
North's scenic Mt. Kumgang resort on the eve of the 2018 Winter
Olympics in Pyeongchang, and have skiers from both sides will
train in Masikryong Ski Resort on North Korea's east coast.
South Korean officials made the proposal during talks in the
border truce village of Panmunjom on Wednesday and North Korea
agreed. The latest agreement raises fears that package tours to
Mt. Kumgang could resume and provide the North with cash for its
nuclear and missile programs, and that Seoul could weaken economic
sanctions against North Korea."<END QUOTE>
In fact, it seems apparent that few people are being fooled by Kim
Jong-un's publicity stunt. Even in his New Year's speech in which he
announced his participation in the games, and that "people who share
the same blood [should] be happy together," he also said that North
Korea now has "a super-powerful thermonuclear weapon" such that "the
entire US mainland is in our nuclear striking range," so that "The
United States can never provoke a war against me and our state."
North Korea will "mass produce nuclear warheads and ballistic
rockets," in order to create an arsenal of such weapons.
This extremely belligerent threat has not been forgotten, and was
well-remembered by the participants in the Canada-US sponsored meeting
on North Korea held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Trump's chief of staff John Kelly was interviewed on Fox News on
Wednesday, and said the following about the North Korea situation (my
transcription):
<QUOTE>"This is one of those things that landed on this
president's lap [when he took office]. It's been in the process
for 25 years. We've kicked the can down the road. The problem at
this point in time is there's no road left. We have to deal with
this guy. He cannot have a deliverable atomic weapon that can
reach the united states reliably. It just cannot be. Obviously
the president would much prefer to do this in alliance with every
other nation of good will to convince this guy that it is not in
his interest. But I believe we're out of road."<END QUOTE>
I cannot imagine any statement more clearly made than this one that
since "we're out of road," action has to be taken imminently.
Furthermore, this is consistent with any number of statements in the
last year by Trump, H.R. McMaster, Steve Bannon, Lindsey Graham, and
others.
There seems no way out of this. Either Kim Jong-un will have to back
down, in which case he'll probably be killed by his generals, or Trump
will order some military action to remove the North Korean threat,
possibly leading a major regional or world war.
It looks like the North Korea nuclear issue is on pause until the
February 25, when the Olympics games end. At that time, I would
expect something to happen. Chosun Ilbo (Seoul) and Korea Herald
and Washington Post and Reuters
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Canada, North Korea, Kim Jong-un, South Korea,
China, Xi Jinping, South China Sea, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Crimea,
John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Steve Bannon, Lindsey Graham
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- US, Canada sponsor international North Korea meeting to send signal to China, Russia
- North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration
****
**** US, Canada sponsor international North Korea meeting to send signal to China, Russia
****
The South Korean women`s ice hockey team may play with the North Korean team (Yonhap)
The United States and Canada are co-sponsoring an international
meeting to discuss actions to be taken to prevent North Korea's
development of a nuclear weapon deliverable by a ballistic missile.
According to Canada's foreign ministry:
<QUOTE>"In this spirit, Canada is co-hosting, with the United
States, the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and
Stability on the Korean Peninsula on January 16, 2018. The
Vancouver group of foreign ministers from across the globe will
meet to demonstrate solidarity in opposition to North Korea’s
dangerous and illegal actions and work together to strengthen
diplomatic efforts toward a secure, prosperous and denuclearized
Korean peninsula. To this end, foreign ministers will also discuss
ways to increase the effectiveness of the global sanctions regime
in support of a rules-based international order."<END QUOTE>
It's almost buried, but the key word here is "denuclearized."
And when you drill down what the term "denuclearized" means to the
meeting participants, it means that all nuclear weapons and nuclear
weapons development must be completely removed from North Korea, and
full, thorough international inspections have to be put in place.
When that happens, then all international sanctions will be moved, and
the result will be "a secure, prosperous and denuclearized Korean
peninsula."
Here's a list of the 20 countries attending the meeting: Canada,
United States, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, France, Greece,
India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines,
Republic of Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
Two countries are missing: China and Russia.
This is infuriating China. In the delusional New Year's speech of
China's president Xi Jinping, he bragged that China will "always be a
builder of world peace, contributor of global development and keeper
of international order," even though China is an international
criminal, having repeated Hitler's actions by annexing other
countries' regions and building illegal military bases in the South
China Sea. (See "1-Jan-18 World View -- Xi Jinping says that China will now have a 'say' on all international issues"
)
So China is calling the Vancouver meeting "illegitimate" and "cold war
thinking." Russia said that the meeting was "a threat to peace
efforts." Russia invaded Georgia and made Georgia's provinces of
South Ossetia and Abkhazia into Russian controlled puppets; Russia
invaded Ukraine and Crimea, and illegally annexed Crimea. Russia and
China always support each other's criminal activities, and so the US
and Canada decided that there was no point in inviting them to
Tuesday's conference.
In an interview on Wednesday, president Donald Trump praised China for
its efforts to restrict oil and coal supplies to North Korea but said
that China could do much more. He also said:
<QUOTE>"Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea.
What China is helping us with, Russia is denting. In other words,
Russia is making up for some of what China is doing. ...
But unfortunately we don’t have much of a relationship with
Russia, and in some cases it’s probable that what China takes
back, Russia gives. So the net result is not as good as it could
be."<END QUOTE>
The official reason being given why Russia and China were not invited
to the meeting is that it's a meeting of a 20-country working group
that fought in the Korean war 65 years ago. This is an obvious
excuse, since the real reason is that China and Russia are not
believed and not trusted. In fact, many people suspect that they're
happy with North Korea's nuclear missiles, since the nuclear missiles
are pointed at the United States, and not at them.
Russia and China want all such meetings to be held in the UN Security
Council, where they can give nonsensical speeches and can veto
anything they don't like. The fact that Russia and China are so
furious that a meeting is being held without them indicates a great
deal of anxiety that they may not be able to get away forever with
lying and showboating. Canadian Foreign Ministry and South China Morning Post and AP and Canadian Press
Related Articles
- Xi Jinping says that China will now have a 'say' on all international issues (01-Jan-2018)
- Xi Jinping's 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' is identical to Hitler's National Socialism (24-Oct-2017)
****
**** North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration
****
Most of the mainstream media are bubbling with glee at the news of
North Korea's participation in the winter Olympics games to be held in
South Korea from February 9-25.
The plans for North Korean participation announced so far include:
- North Koreans and South Koreans will march in the Olympics
together, under one flag, known as the "unification flag."
- North and South Koreans will field a joint women's hockey team.
"These are small steps, but they're incredibly significant steps,
being met with joy and hope in South Korea," according to the
BBC.
- The North would like to send a 150-person delegation to the
Olympics, including athletes and reporters, though there's a question
whether the athletes qualified in time.
- North Korea will send a 230-member cheerleading squad to the
Olympics. There may also be a girl pop band.
- Kim Jong-un's wife, Ri Sol Ju, may be part of the female
cheerleading squad.
- North Korea will send its 140-member Samjiyon band — an orchestra
with dancers and vocalists.
(Being the cynical person that I am, I'm going to guess that the girls
in the 230-member cheerleading squad will be mingling with the North
Korean athletes, and will have been trained to watch for and report
any signs of defections.)
Many media sources are describing this as a public relations
masterstroke by North Korea's child dictator Kim Jong-un, and that may
be right. At the beginning of the year, North Korea was under
enormous pressure to end its development of nuclear missiles. He
carefully orchestrated the announcements that the North would be
participating in the Olympics, and in doing so he bought himself 2-3
months' time to continue nuclear and ballistic missile development
with little cost to himself.
It's worth noting that almost all mainstream media sources, even those
bubbling over with glee at developments, are questioning Kim Jong-un's
motives. Surprisingly, some media sources credit the Olympics games
breakthrough to Donald Trump's harsh tweets. One analysis in
Seoul-based Chosun Ilbo even worries that the developments will give
the North much needed cash:
<QUOTE>"North and South Korea will hold a celebration in the
North's scenic Mt. Kumgang resort on the eve of the 2018 Winter
Olympics in Pyeongchang, and have skiers from both sides will
train in Masikryong Ski Resort on North Korea's east coast.
South Korean officials made the proposal during talks in the
border truce village of Panmunjom on Wednesday and North Korea
agreed. The latest agreement raises fears that package tours to
Mt. Kumgang could resume and provide the North with cash for its
nuclear and missile programs, and that Seoul could weaken economic
sanctions against North Korea."<END QUOTE>
In fact, it seems apparent that few people are being fooled by Kim
Jong-un's publicity stunt. Even in his New Year's speech in which he
announced his participation in the games, and that "people who share
the same blood [should] be happy together," he also said that North
Korea now has "a super-powerful thermonuclear weapon" such that "the
entire US mainland is in our nuclear striking range," so that "The
United States can never provoke a war against me and our state."
North Korea will "mass produce nuclear warheads and ballistic
rockets," in order to create an arsenal of such weapons.
This extremely belligerent threat has not been forgotten, and was
well-remembered by the participants in the Canada-US sponsored meeting
on North Korea held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Trump's chief of staff John Kelly was interviewed on Fox News on
Wednesday, and said the following about the North Korea situation (my
transcription):
<QUOTE>"This is one of those things that landed on this
president's lap [when he took office]. It's been in the process
for 25 years. We've kicked the can down the road. The problem at
this point in time is there's no road left. We have to deal with
this guy. He cannot have a deliverable atomic weapon that can
reach the united states reliably. It just cannot be. Obviously
the president would much prefer to do this in alliance with every
other nation of good will to convince this guy that it is not in
his interest. But I believe we're out of road."<END QUOTE>
I cannot imagine any statement more clearly made than this one that
since "we're out of road," action has to be taken imminently.
Furthermore, this is consistent with any number of statements in the
last year by Trump, H.R. McMaster, Steve Bannon, Lindsey Graham, and
others.
There seems no way out of this. Either Kim Jong-un will have to back
down, in which case he'll probably be killed by his generals, or Trump
will order some military action to remove the North Korean threat,
possibly leading a major regional or world war.
It looks like the North Korea nuclear issue is on pause until the
February 25, when the Olympics games end. At that time, I would
expect something to happen. Chosun Ilbo (Seoul) and Korea Herald
and Washington Post and Reuters
Related Articles:
- US officials plan for military strike on North Korea and war (05-Dec-2017)
- China's envoy to North Korea fails to end nuclear crisis (21-Nov-2017)
- Donald Trump in Seoul issues stern warning to North Korea -- and to China (09-Nov-2017)
- North Korea crisis: Would the United States sacrifice Los Angeles for Seoul? (18-Oct-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Canada, North Korea, Kim Jong-un, South Korea,
China, Xi Jinping, South China Sea, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Crimea,
John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Steve Bannon, Lindsey Graham
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