Posted on 04/21/2018 7:53:50 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Abe pushes Trump's focus to N. Korea missiles, U.S. military presence
By Ko Hirano, KYODO NEWS - Apr 20, 2018 - 15:25 | All, World
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's reassurance that Japan and the United States are "very unified" on North Korea, concerns persist that Pyongyang may refuse to rid itself of medium-range missiles and that Washington might agree to wind back its military presence on the Korean Peninsula at the behest of the North's leader Kim Jong Un.
During two-day talks through Wednesday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump pledged to continue levying the "maximum pressure" of crippling sanctions on North Korea backed by the threat of military action until it gives up its nuclear weapons.
Trump also committed to push Kim to abandon not only intercontinental ballistic missiles that could strike the United States but also short- and medium-range missiles capable of hitting Japan and South Korea during their planned meeting to be held by early June.
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If things do not turn out the way Japan hoped and Japan starts to feel isolated, would it beat the nuke drum....>>>>>>>
You can bet on that.
We forget that Rocket Man’s goal is the step by step reunification of North and South Korea. His first step will be to bring about an economic reunification, followed by a social reunification and finally a political one.
Japan will have to nuclearize for its own defense after a Peace Treaty finally ends the Korean War, and the USA begins to militarily withdraw from the Western Pacific with a formal cessation of hostilities between North Korea, the USA and the United Nations..
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