I wondered about this. Why would North Korea ever give up their nukes voluntarily? They saw what happened in Libya:
Pyonyang will never engage in economic trade with the world's largest economy in exchange for giving up weapons, KCNA continued, adding that North Korea rejects Libya-style denuclearization.
The media will blame Trump for pulling out of the Iran deal as showing we aren't trustworthy, but the one thing that concerns them is what happened under Obama and Hillary. They don't want to be the next Libya - trusting the US and then, when defenseless, subject to regime change. These nukes also give them a voice on the national stage - a reason for people to consider them serious players. People may not want to listen to them, but they grudgingly have to because they have nukes. I mean, look, they just got meetings with the heads of China, South Korea, and possibly the U.S. over these weapons. Does North Korea really want to lose this playing card on the world stage?
The talks of uniting North and South Korea never made sense to me. The only way they would do that is under Kim Jong Un. The thought that they would even allow people to travel back and forth doesn't make sense to me. Who would come back home? If they did, they would see what the South is like, and the people would rise up for regime change. The one thing Kim Jong Un wants more than anything, is to keep his regime.
The North Koreans can watch their country disappear under the weight of sanctions.
President Trump is perfectly willing to walk away from a bad deal.
And this is not a negotiation. The North Koreans don’t get to dicate terms to the US.
If they don’t want a deal, that’s fine. Trump isn’t in a hurry to collect that Nobel Peace Prize.
I’d love to see NK thumb it’s nose at China and back out, but I don’t think they can afford to.
China and Russia want NK’s ports developed for US oil amd trade and that takes US approval.
Then tell ‘Little Rocket Man’ to eat weeds.
The NKs said they wanted denuclearization of the peninsula and they are making a big show of demolishing a nuclear facility next week. Now they are changing their mind or reverting back to their old ways.
I suspect they realize that Trump is not going agree to their extortion and lies like Clinton did. No benefits up front. No deal is better than a bad deal. Trump will walk away and the sanctions will increase.
As far as I’m concerned, even if there’s no progress on nukes, we got three of our people back. That’s not nothing. If Trump starts taking out his nuke complexes, Kim won’t have any American civilians to dangle as hostages.
Kim loves to jerk around politicians. Any politicians. All politicians. You could see this coming a mile away, striding down Main Street with a neon sign on its head.
That so called “coup” worked out so well for Libya.
“I wondered about this. Why would North Korea ever give up their nukes voluntarily? They saw what happened in Libya.”
I was thinking the same. Until Hillary’s dead, no country is safe after it de-nukes. Surprised it went this far with the Norks..
Fake News. Do not believe anything from CBSNBC.
The Norkies are saber rattling, pay no attention to it.
If they with draw from June 12th, they will become so poor that Kim will be deposed by the Jangmadang merchant class of North Korea.
Our Democrat presidents said that they did not want wars. They avoided hostilities and receded. By those policies, they brought the United States into the greatest foreign wars with wondrous national desire and intensity.
Is that what Mr. Kim wants? If not, he should deal with President Trump.
For now I'll call it bluster to save face and maybe try to get a bone tossed their way but we've been adamant as to what they need to do to take the tourniquet from their necks...instead of twisting it a notch tighter.
what lil’ chia pet ? No! I told you to be careful playing with your last flog ball- President Trump will never take you flogging. It no longer matters as you started crying to the World even after I warned you not too!!!
Wonder if Soros offered Kim a sweet deal to thumb his nose at Pres. Trump.
Maybe if North Korea participated in the military drills also...
“denuclearization” is such an odd word.
Why hasn’t “(full) nuclear disarmament” been used?
Whatever, we have very low expectations.
Stories are out today, that NK is largely blaming Bolton and the Libyan situation. Check the news.
They are jacking us around again.
And we are just wasting time in the process.