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Posted on 09/03/2018 6:04:06 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Kim Jong Un has clearly not made the decision to take advantage of the “one-time shot” Trump mentioned in early June, on the eve of the Singapore summit.
And who can blame Kim? The Trump administration, with the exception of three minor sets of sanctions, has since the summit watched Beijing and Moscow with impunity violate U.N. rules and U.S. money-laundering laws.
These Chinese and Russian actions have been so blatant that sanctions-busting has become contagious. After all, South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, now believes he can flout U.N. rules as well.
Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in are now trying to drive events, and, despite what they may say, neither sees “denuclearization” as a goal
It is true that Kim has made some concessions since Singapore. Late last month, for instance, he turned over 55 sets of Korean War remains. A few days before, the regime began dismantling the Sohae Satellite Launching Station.
Unfortunately, the North in recent months has also continued the production of fissile material at multiple locations, continued reconditioning and upgrading of the Yongbyon plutonium-producing reactor, and continued to build facilities for the construction of ballistic missiles, particularly at Sanumdong.
At the same time, Kim Jong Un, is breaking out of isolation. Using the respectability that Trump conferred on him by meeting in June, Kim will now have summits with Moon and China’s Xi Jinping, both scheduled for next month in Pyongyang. Kim may also meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Russia—perhaps in Vladivostok—in September or “at an early date.”
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Blah blah blah. I give this article zero credence.
More NeoCon’ism. I don’t drink that chalice.
Gordon Chang. He doesn’t like China if some of you don’t know. Those 4 nations need each other if they think they want to take on Trump. Gaming the system. They are good at it especially when the deep state is involved.
Another fabricated pseudo event ( fake news). Unworthy of posting on Free Republic.
Made up of scattered unconnected facts , and fabricated with mere vivid imagination.
Questionable “news” source.
Very questionable.
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And you believe a notoriously Marxist site?
Overstated, but yeah... China is holding on until the midterms.
Hoping Trump will be cut off at the knees.
I think they’ll have to deal after the midterms if Trump holds the House.
S Korea’s collusion is two-way street that may work out to be a good thing in toto, maybe.
We did not break S. Korea like Iraq. We do not own it.
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