South Korea Works to Persuade US to Sign Up for Yet Another Piece By Piece Denuclearization Deal that Has Already Failed Twice with North Korea
|This should come as no surprise that the Moon administration is openly collaborating with North Korea for a “pretend denuclearization” deal:
South Korea is in the process of persuading the United States to accept a piecemeal deal for the North’s denuclearization, Seoul’s spy chief told the National Assembly on Friday.
Joong Ang Ilbo
According to one lawmaker who sat through a briefing by Suh Hoon, head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the director said the South Korean government is in the midst of “constant discussions” with the United States in regard to a denuclearization process by the North that “can only proceed piece by piece.”
“Complete denuclearization is not something that can be done immediately since it requires a gradual process,” Suh reportedly said. “But the United States and South Korean positions are not divergent.”
The step-by-step approach at the center of Seoul’s campaign is closer to the “small deal” favored by the North compared to the U.S. push for an all-in-one plan that has reduced negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang to a stalemate since the collapse of the summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, from Feb. 27 to 28.
You can read more at the link, but a piece by piece deal means that the US will drop sanctions for little to nothing in return from North Korea. We have seen this happen already twice during the Clinton and Bush administrations; this is why the Trump administration has been pushing for an all or nothing deal.
it’s tough when one of your supposed “best” allies is actually working with and for the enemy.