Posted on 04/09/2017 7:44:17 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Tillerson: China agrees on 'action' on North Korea as navy strike group sails
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Edward Helmore and agencies Sunday 9 April 2017 15.31 BST
As the US navy deployed a strike group towards the western Pacific Ocean, to provide a presence near the Korean peninsula, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China agrees with the Trump administration that action has to be taken regarding North Korea.
Tillerson told CBSs Face the Nation, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, that when Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping met at Mar-a-Lago this week, they had extensive discussions around the dangerous situation in North Korea.
President Xi clearly understands, and I think agrees, that the situation has intensified and has reached a certain level of threat that action has to be taken, Tillerson said.
Tillerson described a shared view and no disagreement as to how dangerous the situation has become.
In view of the regional threat now posed by North Korean missile tests and nuclear ambitions, he said, the Chinese do not believe the conditions are right today to engage in discussions with the government in Pyongyang.
Were hopeful, he added, that we can work together with the Chinese to change the conditions in the minds of the DPRK leadership. And then, at that point, perhaps discussions may be useful.
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Why not a joint effort that includes both China and the United States of America?
There’s little they won’t need.....the entire population needs deprogramming.
North Korea has long been an important part of China's strategic calculus. I don't expect them to take the Norks down any time soon. Lean on them, maybe, but North Korea is too important to China's ambitions to eliminate altogether. North Korea acts as an important second front in the case of conflict between China and the US and our allies in South East Asia. In the case of a shooting war between China and Taiwan or Japan we have to divide our forces in the region to also contain the North Koreans which is immensely valuable for China's war planning.
That is exactly what Harry said. I didn't believe him either.
How long will it run.... In 1980 NK had a population of over 70 million people; the South had around 36M. Today the North has less than 40M while the South is approaching 60M. To answer how long it can run... about another 20M starving people over the next 10 years.
Noooo... North Korea has never been anywhere near 70 million in population. They were below 20 million in the 1960s and have increased slowly since then.... always well below the pop. of South Korea:
https://www.google.com/search?q=population+of+north+korea&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
On the other hand with at least 50 nukes each, if India and Pakistan really went at it we would have serious fallout and radiation sickness problems in the US and in other countries we are friendly with. Catastrophic world aid would be needed from those countries not so seriously affected to be unable to offer some help.
Kidnap Un, send him to the International Court and trial for murdering his relatives and others. Maybe the Chinese would do something like that.
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