Posted on 09/09/2017 1:39:32 PM PDT by NRx
The US will embark on an aggressive effort to tighten North Korea’s isolation on Monday with a call for an oil embargo and a partial naval blockade.
A draft United Nations resolution seen by the Observer would also block textile exports and the hiring of North Korean labour by foreign countries. The American delegation has called for the UN security council to debate the draft, in an attempt to force decisive action following last Sunday’s massive nuclear test of a bomb, Pyongyang’s sixth.
The most striking language in the resolution authorises naval vessels of any UN member state to inspect North Korean ships suspected of carrying banned cargo and to use “all necessary measures to carry out such inspections”. The implications of such a resolution would be far-reaching. Any attempt to board or divert a North Korean vessel could trigger an exchange of fire.
As well as banning any exports of “crude oil, condensates, refined petroleum products, and natural gas liquids” to North Korea, the draft resolution calls for a prohibition on the import of textiles and an end to the hiring of North Korean nationals, on the grounds that the regime uses the foreign currency earned “to support its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programmes”.
Both Russia and China employ cheap North Korean labour. In Russia they work in logging camps and construction sites, helping build a new football stadium in St Petersburg that will be used in the World Cup next year.
The US draft measure would also freeze the assets of Kim Jong-un and the top leadership in Pyongyang.
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‘technically still at war’
when did congress declare war ?
The U.S. Congress never declared war, thereby establishing a precedent.
http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-should-know-about-the-korean-war
“The U.S. Congress never declared war, thereby establishing a precedent.”
that rule of law no longer applies ?
that our founding fathers were idiots ?
that the imperial presidency overrules democracy ?
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good questions
Its not Blockade, its a quarantine...
out of the Kennedy playbook
What you said!!
The UN should do as Trump asks.
N Korea is crazy. It’s either the embargo or war. The UN should understand that.
When has NATO ever engaged in combat? They’re just a bunch of French and Belgian queers running around in blue helmets waving white flags.
They’re pretty good at bombing civilians. Remember Serbia?
Prayers up for you/yours/your property. After Katrina, I wouldn’t wish it on any one else - just so long as it ain’t me.....;-)
Did Congress declare war on Cuba when JFK put the blockade on Cuba in 1962?
they should have
JFK was a key builder of the imperial presidency.
Repubs should do everything possible to return power to congress as per our founders vision.
Obama was a manisfeststion of the negatives of a imperial presidency - his statement ‘I have a pen and a phone’ could have been uttered by Stalin
Not until we have a Congress that is worth something....
Repubs should do everything possible to return power to congress as per our founders vision.
Republicans have the Congress now...Senate, House, and the presidency...
What have they done other than hamstring the presidency at every turn????
so you WANT to live under a tyrant ?
would you be happy if Hillary had all that centralized power ? One day, the dems will be in the White House. You really want the white house to have more unchecked power ?
The 3 branches are supposed to e equal for good reason.
“If I were in Trump’s position, I would call all of my most able advisors for a long and very serious discussion.”
I would think he has been doing this all along.
Of course not....
Please explain to me just what Congress has accomplished the last few years....
If we had a Congress that acted like our forefathers enacted, it would be different, but we DON’T at this time...
Are you actually happy with the way Congress is operating now????
How about a food blockade, and send them copies of Soylent Green and a conveyor belt.
Korean War was a “police action”, approved by UN sec council when Soviets did not arrive in time to vote. China was represented by Chang Kai Chek’s Taiwan.
We are still at war, there was a truce in1953 that has held .
I would think he has been doing this all along.
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No doubt.
I’m just saying what I would in his position, as an armchair strategist.
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