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North Korea drops withdrawal of US forces as condition of denuclearization, Moon says
CNN ^ | April 19, 2018 | Euan McKirdy

Posted on 04/19/2018 7:53:31 AM PDT by rdl6989

North Korea has dropped its long-held demand that the United States withdraw forces from South Korea in exchange for denuclearization, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday. The United States has about 28,000 troops stationed in South Korea, a presence that has long irked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. However, in the burgeoning spirit of openness and diplomacy, Moon said Kim is willing to give up US troops' removal as a precondition for discussions over denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: korea; northkorea
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This surprises me.
1 posted on 04/19/2018 7:53:31 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

The taxpayers have not.


2 posted on 04/19/2018 7:54:32 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: rdl6989

Kim Jong Un is letting the president of SK act as his press secretary?


3 posted on 04/19/2018 7:55:07 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: rdl6989

More winning.


4 posted on 04/19/2018 7:56:11 AM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: rdl6989

In before the negative loser patrol says “won’t work” or other negative loser harumphing.

MAGA!!!!!


5 posted on 04/19/2018 7:56:21 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Trump has implemented Supply Side Economics!!!)
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To: rdl6989

Great news unify korea...East West berlin


6 posted on 04/19/2018 7:56:29 AM PDT by pasr (You are crazy,,,,,,,,,,3)
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To: rdl6989

smell a rat!


7 posted on 04/19/2018 7:57:02 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: rdl6989

I am beginning to find the apparent capitulation of the NORKs coming so soon after we put tariffs on China to be an interesting coincidence. Could it be that team Trump decided that negotiating with Rocket man was a waste of time and the way to go was to put a squeeze on his boss and then say “you want relief, well do something about that puppet of yours first. Then we can talk.”


8 posted on 04/19/2018 7:57:11 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

You know it’s coming.


9 posted on 04/19/2018 7:57:57 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

By any analysis we are winning in this so far. We have given up nothing and the North has already dropped a pre-condition that our troops leave, he has stopped his testing and the subject is denuclearization of peninsula, not some halt or whatever is going on in Iran.


10 posted on 04/19/2018 8:00:26 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: rdl6989

Yes, if true, this is a big concession. Will wait and see if he means it.


11 posted on 04/19/2018 8:00:46 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: rdl6989

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3648719/posts

So, which is it? ;)


12 posted on 04/19/2018 8:01:43 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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Rocket Boy realizes he has but two choices. 1) Continue with his nuke route and end up dead, or 2) cooperate and stay alive. Once he realized that PDJT isn’t bluffing he had a change toward more rational behavior.


13 posted on 04/19/2018 8:03:58 AM PDT by JPG (MAGA)
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To: pepsi_junkie
Team Trump id est Trump, didn't "decide" anything other after the first move was made. Donald Trump knows how to do this and he is doing it. There is possibly some minor trimming and adding as things proceed but the end is already decided. It is laughable to consider this a football game with tactics and short term goals constantly changing.

a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/269917/trumps-art-deal-north-korea-israel-and-syria-daniel-greenfield">This explains it.

14 posted on 04/19/2018 8:04:35 AM PDT by arthurus (e)
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RE: Kim Jong Un is letting the president of SK act as his press secretary?

I will be very WARY of Moon Jae-in. This man has the “Let’s have peace at all cost” mentality. He is the Korean Barack Obama.


15 posted on 04/19/2018 8:05:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Could it be that team Trump decided that negotiating with Rocket man was a waste of time and the way to go was to put a squeeze on his boss...

* * *

Yes, Trump sees the chessboard from many angles. They are all related to victory.

He’s probably thinking this foreign negotiating is a piece of cake compared to getting approvals and financing for a skyscraper in New York or Chicago.


16 posted on 04/19/2018 8:05:24 AM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: poconopundit

Is this true ?


17 posted on 04/19/2018 8:09:41 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: TigerLikesRooster; SunkenCiv

ping


18 posted on 04/19/2018 8:14:01 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

There are not enough US Forces (~23,500) in Korea to do anything but give us a cause for war when they are wiped out.
If I were the Norks, I would not care about them; as an American I don’t see any reason we shouldn’t bring them home.


19 posted on 04/19/2018 8:17:35 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: arthurus
The points in that article you cited are good but I think they omit one aspect. When you go to buy a car the dealer will play games with you about having to check with the manager and making you wait around, ramping up the pressure on you. In such situations its often valuable to just say "if you're not empowered to make a deal then send out whoever is, I am not negotiating through a proxy." That takes that "I wish I could help you but the boss says no to that" tactic off the table.

So how does that reflect here? Neither the NORKS or the PLO ever say "I need permission first" but we all know that they rely on Chinese and Saudi support/funding, respectively. Trump's first overseas trip was to Saudi Arabia and the changes in Saudi policy have been stunning ever since that trip. He then held a summit with the leader of China and subsequently put the screws to him via tariffs. In the meanwhile he's mocked the puppets of the NORK regime and the PLO. He's making deals with the people who really decide these things, not the flunkies who are just playing their assigned roles.

20 posted on 04/19/2018 8:37:02 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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