Posted on 09/30/2019 3:31:56 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
WASHINGTON: Ousted National Security Advisor John Bolton said Kim Jong Un “will never give up” nuclear weapons voluntarily — an implicit warning to his former boss. Bolton was restating a consensus view of the Intelligence Community, one that runs counter to President Trump’s faith that the North Korean dynast can be wheedled and cajoled.
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies today, Bolton attracted a forest of TV cameras hoping for some fireworks. They probably thought they were getting something hot when Bolton made his comment about North Korea but, as Breaking D readers know, the Intelligence Community’s top expert on North Korea, Markus Garlauskas, said two years ago that Kim “does not intend to negotiate those (nuclear) capabilities away at any price.”
But Bolton also made pretty clear he does not agree with President Trump’s tactics of calling Kim his good friend and of dismissing violations of international law each time the tubby North Korean leader launches a ballistic missile. Bolton noted that time is on Kim’s side, not ours.
“Every day that goes by makes North Korea a more dangerous country,” he said at CSIS. “When does it become too late? Today is better than tomorrow. Tomorrow is better than the next day.”
In perhaps the most telling moment, the highly respected North Korean expert at CSIS, Victor Cha, pressed Bolton on Trump’s “bromance” approach to diplomacy, asking if it was the best way to get to an agreement.
“I’m not going to comment on that,” Bolton said with a piercing glance. “Nice try.”
The bottom line for Kim, Bolton made clear, is that he has made “the strategic decision” to “do whatever he can to keep a deliverable nuclear weapons capability and to develop and enhance it further.”
John Rood, one of the top officials at the Defense Department, spoke later in the day at CSIS and he spoke almost exclusively about the US-South Korean alliance, noting that the State Department has “the lead” in negotiations to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Pressed on whether Bolton was right about whether North Korea would denuclearize, Rood said, “that’s the very question we’re seeking to answer with the negotiations our president is leading,…Time will tell if we’re successful.”
Bolton is acting like a madman.
Sure they will, right after we whip the hell out of them in a war. /s Good update, John, maybe you should confine your comments to those sessions with your therapist. Since there's no way the Norks will give them up, there's no point in having you around the White House. See? President Trump is way ahead of ya. Thanks AmericanInTokyo.
A “woman” scorned...
Bolton is likely correct about this pediction
but we will see....
IMHO Bolton has jumped the shark.
“We absolutely need to develop an individual man targetable space-based weapons system”
The Fraud droned whomever he chose from much closer.
“Bolton holding a presser to inform us all of NORKS intentions is a bit stupid.”
Nice misrepresentation.
“the Intelligence Community’s top expert on North Korea, Markus Garlauskas, said two years ago that Kim “does not intend to negotiate those (nuclear) capabilities away at any price.””
Then it hurts nothing to try a different approach.
Clinton, Bush, Obama all followed the same approach. It didn’t work.
sure sounds like he wants a War
Peace is the prize. Trust me, nobody wants to go to war with NK. My Dad fought in the Korean War. He would tell us kids stories of never-ending Chinese soldiers (Volunteers) marching on, despite the number of them getting slaughter. They would march on without emotion or fear. So his unit had to retreat.
Nothing is being ignored. Why in God’s name (speaking for the USA) would we tell everyone what we know. Sometimes we put stuff out....just a prod....to see who scatters.
Maybe if Bolton hadn’t said that Kim would meet the same fate as the Libyan Colonel...........
Appeasing and coddling the Kim Regime never worked and will not work, fully agreed with you
You seem knowledgeable on matters. Always respect what you have to say.
What is your assessment of the SLBM dockside prep activity up at Sinpo port these days? Sat photos show. It seems they are preparing for something and it won’t be good.
:-). Yes, but if I hear that “we will see” one more time!!! :-( grrrr LoL
When Bolton puts on a military uniform with combat infantry man badge/mos and at risk I’ll believe his neocon war mongering. It would not have surprised me if he was involved in whistle blowing. He just like Romney were never conservative.
Never met a war he didn’t like. Walrus
Perhaps Bolton is the Whistleblower’s source?
I’ll agree with you there. Could plan for it but don’t need to say it outright
Anyway Norks and Fat Bastard are quite happy now. They’ve said as much publicly through multiple outlets, most latest Kim Kye-gwan in KCNA. Bolton is gonnnnnnnnnnnnne :-)
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