President Moon Believes He Can Convince North Korea to Remove Artillery and Missile Systems Targeting South Korea
Does anyone really think the North Koreans are going to allow ROK military personnel to see any sensitive training events much less dismantle their artillery and missile systems targeting South Korea?:
President Moon Jae-in expressed anticipation Wednesday that the two Koreas will exchange military information and observe each other’s exercises if their existing accords on building mutual confidence are fully implemented.
He put forward a two-track approach to reducing border tensions on the peninsula: through denuclearization as well as via the disarmament of conventional weapons. He was taking part in a joint written interview with Yonhap News Agency and six major foreign news agencies, days ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Japan and U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit here.
The two Koreas signed a comprehensive military agreement last September during Moon’s visit to Pyongyang for his third summit with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un.
They have “completely” halted hostile acts along their border, pulled out guard posts from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), agreed on the joint excavation of war remains and endeavored to establish joint use of the Han River estuary.
The liberal president described the measures as “rudimentary.”
“If the inter-Korean agreement in the military domain is properly implemented, it will allow us to proceed to the stage of further enhancing transparency concerning military postures by exchanging pertinent information through the inter-Korean joint military committee and observing military drills and training,” Moon said, revealing his mid-term vision for the Korea peace process.
What’s also possible in tandem with progress in denuclearization is to “advance to the point of disarming threatening weapons such as the long-range North Korean artillery targeting our capital, Seoul, and the short-range missiles that both Koreas possess,” he added.
Yonhap
Dismantling their artillery and missile systems would take away the North’s ability to extort South Korea. This is like asking mobsters extorting neighborhood businesses to give up their guns. If they did what business owners would be afraid of them anymore?
I think what President Moon is really saying is that the ROK military will allow North Korea to see their training, dismantle their artillery and missiles first and then hope the North Koreans respond in kind.
Well so far commie moon has eliminated South Korea’s early warning by removing guard posts and moving ISR aircraft south, cleared breach lanes thru the DMZ, and dismantled the FEBA system…..stripping away South Korean arty seems like his next step. And no, nK will not move their arty. Commie moon might say they will but nK won’t.
Emperor Xi must have told him what to do. Commie Moon is a damn fool and definitely working to bring down the ROK like South Vietnam.
“Rocket Attack, USA”, or “5 Minutes to Zero”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr-TwenJWzA
@GIKorea – Your analysis of the situation sounds spot on. Add to this what @Flyingsword said and you pretty much have the Moon strategy. Weaken the South to capitulate to the north.
Actually, more related to intra-peninsular political history, here’s a short video showing how remarkably unsuccessful historical Koreans have been at getting along with each other, even when threatened by outsiders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDdkFjF-m8
Of course, this time will be completely different. Because… reasons…
SETNAFFA, look at any Korean community in the states, if there is community of 10 Koreans there will be at least 3 Korean churches because they can’t get along with each other.
What flavored crack has this rocket scientist been freebasing?
Flyingsword, I see the same sad thing in every group of humans, Christian or no. Some, like Europeans, hide it better. Some enforce it with threats, intimidation, and violence. Sad.
Flyingsword, I just realized you are right. In my old hometown in the US there is a small Korean community (Fort Knox is not too far away) The Korean (Hangul in the Windows) businesses are located in two strip malls but generally have the same businesses. Korean language churches of various sects are clustered around them, and I realized there isn’t a neighborhood in between, they have settled in two distinct neighborhoods.