U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks through the streets of Hanoi on Sunday. [AP/YONHAP]U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered North Korean leader Kim Jong-un the Vietnamese model of normalization of bilateral relations with Washington and economic prosperity, speaking in Hanoi on Sunday on the heels of a two-day trip to Pyongyang.
“In light of the once-unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today, I have a message for [North Korean] Chairman Kim Jong-un,” said Pompeo at a business event at the Sofitel Metropole Hotel in Hanoi. “[U.S. President Donald] Trump believes your country can replicate this path. It’s yours if you’ll seize the moment … it can be your miracle in North Korea as well.” [Joong Ang Ilbo]
The Vietnam model would start with the north winning the war (remember the North Vietnamese T-55 rolling thru the US embassy gate?), then require re-education camps, boat people and 20 years later the US and nK could normalize relations. This Vietnam model thing one of the dumbest things to say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og6bi3cgf5g
The Vietnam model would start with the north winning the war (remember the North Vietnamese T-55 rolling thru the US embassy gate?), then require re-education camps, boat people and 20 years later the US and nK could normalize relations. This Vietnam model thing one of the dumbest things to say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og6bi3cgf5g
Another view of the Vietnam model….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknTDi70KFE
Commies already got the southern half from Commie Moon. Just waiting for the rest now.
@Flysword, very good points.
To follow the Vietnam model, don’t we have to pull out, so they can over run the South? Certainly doesn’t sound manly to me.