Posted on 10/14/2017 10:35:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is open to negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear program.
"We're going to see what happens with North Korea," he told reporters at the White House on Friday (local time). "That's all I can say. We're totally prepared for numerous things.
"If something can happen where we negotiate, I'm always open to that.
"But if it's going to be something other than negotiation, believe me we are ready, more so than we have ever been."
The statement was a flip-flop from his position two weeks ago, when he called negotiations with North Korea a "waste of time" in a tweet that was dismissive of a remark by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
3d chess
President Bush negotiated with Saddam Hussein.
Step down or be invaded.
Give up the Pueblo for “free” and we’ll talk.
This week we will find out a lot, about North Korea’s potential for working things out.
South Korea and America will hold drills this week. North Korea is currently setting up missiles (at least that is what some reports appear to be saying), and this could be quite destabilizing.
I understand North Korea is feeling the need to match point for point. But I think they should stand down this time, and do nothing.
They are getting very near to the trip-line now, it seems to me. Admittedly I am not military, but I really think we are very close to a “that is enough” point with North Korea. I think they should stand down now. But I am not sure they will.
Just saying. Think it over Kim.
You made your point. Things are rapidly getting near to escalating out of control.
You can ramp it down a bit.
Not only was I in the service, but my most important assignments involved analyzing the movement and actions of the North Korean military. Now, admittedly that was decades ago, but at least that would seem to give me a bigger grasp on the Koreans than the average guy in the street. I think Kim Jong Un is eventually going to attack us in some way. He’s painting himself into a corner.
Note Trump’s careful wording. He gives Un an “out”. That face saving thing we always hear about regarding east asian culture. Delicately phrased precisely for public consumption.
Trump’s posturing - - which I like - - has an awful lot to do with this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_National_Congress_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China
Of course it’s lost on the American media, which can’t get past the lint in their own bellybuttons.
Trump has been negotiating with Norkea but principally with China for months already. You don’t have to sit down to a table with a diplomat’s sash on to effectively negotiate.
Just what “point” do you think the fat little toad has made?
I don’t think he’ll go quietly. He cannot go quietly. Kim can’t stand down, because if he does he’ll lose power. The North Koreans have been brainwashed their whole lives that America is the mortal enemy. He steps down and a general or family member will fill the void.
I’m guessing as long as Kim is in power he will keep pushing the envelope but never really to total war, the rest of the world will not do anything as long as he just plays with his toys.
I’m not 100% convinced that military intervention is necessary. He’s not going to give up his nuke program, that would be a massive mistake from his perspective(that would guarantee a regime change or invasion). I don’t think much is going to change as long as China and Russia are on board with North Korea, and whatever Trump says is just posturing like Bush and Obama.
They already shot an ICBM through Japanese airspace and the response was mere words. I think they could test over the Pacific with the same response.
Kim is literally G-D in NoKO, and G_D does not “step down.” G_D ramps up, because He can. So Kim will keep up the aggression until he goes too far, and then blame any reaction on DJT - same thing liberal Democrats do, oddly enough ...
Kim has a great internal furnace which burns up all food intake, eliminating the need to eliminate - so the people have been taught to believe. Stand down? Right.
I think you are right - Little Jong has overplayed his hands and is nuts enough that he will get even more stupid to either save face or go out in a "flash of glory".
I think Kim Jong Un is eventually going to attack us in some way. He’s painting himself into a corner.
Agree. He’s doing what he’s always done in the past, which is to have the State-size version of a spoiled-child temper tantrum. With past administrations, these tantrums have been rewarded with money and even nuclear fuel (super mistake). So, Kim is trying the same old temper tantrum with the Trump administration, but this time there is no reward for bad behavior.
Kim’s first reaction is to scream louder. If he has an ounce of intelligence and awareness, which is questionable, he might recognize it’s not working this time.
Bad idea. We don’t need one on one talks with NK. That’s what the Norks have wanted for 40 years. Once we abandon the 5 party talks the other regional actors will lose interest and it will all fall on us. Even Dubya was smart enough not to walk into that trap.
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