Why is North Korea Calling Recent Talks with Mike Pompeo “Regrettable”?
|The North Koreans are up to their old tricks:
North Korea says high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were “regrettable” and has accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nukes.
The statement by an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman on Saturday came hours after Pompeo concluded two days of talks with North Korean officials led by Kim Yong Chol.
The statement says that the United States betrayed the spirit of last month’s summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by making unilateral demands on “CVID,” or the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea.
It says the outcome of the follow-up talks was “very concerning” because it has led to a “dangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.” [Associated Press]
You can read more at the link, but my best guess on what is going on is that North Korea wants some of the sanctions dropped for the little to nothing they have done to denuclearize. This is their standard playbook from past negotiations.
The other thing that is in their playbook is using the remains of US servicemembers killed during the Korean War as bargaining chips. When the return of 200 war remains was announced I was wondering what the cost would be? Now we know they were just bargaining chips by the Kim regime to get sanctions dropped.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wrapped up two days of talks with senior North Korean officials without meeting Kim Jong Un but with commitments for new discussions on denuclearization and the repatriation of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War.
The Kim regime is only committing to further discussions on the return of the remains which proves they are simply bargaining chips to get what the Kim regime wants which is some of the sanctions dropped. South Korean President Moon is ready to send the Kim regime cash and aid, but the sanctions are preventing him from doing so.
What will be important to watch now is if the Trump administration flinches and allows some of the sanctions to be dropped to keep the negotiations going. If they do then truly nothing has changed, the Trump administration is just the latest government to be fooled by the Kim regime’s false promises to denuclearize.
They “misunderestimated” Trump.
Time to send our Big Rockets to Little Rocket Man.
Meh.
Trump is going through the motions and jumping through the hoops…
…so when NK needs bombed into submission, none of the stupid looks will be directed at him.
Let’s give peace a chance.
But if daisy chains don’t work, use the daisy cutters.
Get it over with already, start moving military dependents back to the US,and send a message with a tactical strike…….no more BULL SHIT
For negotiations to have a chance to work, there needs to be a credible threat of force. KJU knows that Trump is a wuss who will not order a pre-emptive strike on the DPRK.
The Real “Rock of the Marne” – https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/this-is-why-the-3rd-infantry-division-is-called-rock-of-the-marne
Putin will never allow Trump to strike North Korea.
Denny and Rocktroll must be sharing the same juicebox.
Is it too late to turn UFG back on?
Two liars walked into a room. One a fool, one a brutal despot. Two liars walked out of a room. One a fool with egg on his face, one a brutal despot laughing his ass off.
Same old movie.
Can try to play their old games, but now the game has changed.
Methinks this is more about China pushing back on tariffs via their puppet state.
Maybe Kim Jong-un is not a fan of Elton John?: 😉
https://www.rokdrop.net/2018/07/tweet-of-the-day-pompeo-brings-rocket-man-cd-on-trip-to-north-korea/
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time ’til touchdown….
But only the Chinese bots and Denny seem to be complaining…