03-16-2018, 10:11 AM
(03-15-2018, 10:24 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ****
**** Silence from North Korea puts Kim-Trump summit in doubt
****
There has been total silence from North Korean on the planned
summit meeting between Donald Trump and North Korea's child
dictator Kim Jong-un. There have been no articles or commentary
in the North Korean press. There is no word that North Korea
is making any preparations for a summit, even though the
initial invitation from Kim, sent through the South Koreans,
was that Kim "wanted to meet urgently" with Trump.
There has been no sign that the North Koreans want to go ahead with
the summit, whether urgently or not. When I first wrote about the planned summit,
one of the things I
speculated about was that Kim had extended the invitation expecting it
to be rejected, or at least expecting any acceptance to be burdened
down with a bundle of preconditions that would never be met. That
meant that the invitation was not real, but was a negotiating ploy
intended to humiliate Trump. But then Kim must have been surprised
when Trump accepted the invitation immediately, without preconditions,
although some preconditions were added later.
The first possible sign that some preparation is being made occurred
on Thursday, when North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho paid a
surprise visit to Sweden. However, the purpose of the meeting has not
been announced, except to discuss the security situation on the Korean
peninsula.
Meanwhile, North Korea is continuing to stall, in order to give
itself breathing space to complete development of its nuclear
weapon and long-range ballistic missile program. There's no
doubt that development work continued during the Olympics games,
and that it's continuing to this day.
Instead of meeting "very urgently," perhaps Kim just wants to stall
further, and delay the meeting as long as possible, until his weapons
program is a fait accompli. LA Times and CNN
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Does this Mean we are still going to Strike North Korea? All Evidence indicates that doing so is the best option available to America.
