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North Korea affirms ICBM and Nuke Testing Halt, Vows to concentrate on Econ Development Instead


               
2018 Apr 20, 3:41pm   4,392 views  21 comments

by MisdemeanorRebel   follow (13)  

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency said the suspension of nuclear and ICBM tests went into effect Saturday.

The country says it's making the move to shift its national focus and improve its economy.

The announcements came days before North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in in a border truce village for a rare summit aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff with Pyongyang.

The North's decisions were made in a meeting of the ruling party's full Central Committee which had convened to discuss a “new stage” of policies.

https://apnews.com/5a557d1d62e14d07ac238e4d2e6dd50a?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

#Trump #PromisesKept #ObamaDidntDoThat

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1   RWSGFY   @   2018 Apr 20, 4:00pm  

"Trust, but verify" -- RR
2   MisdemeanorRebel   @   2018 Apr 20, 5:27pm  

This is all a distraction from Trump's misremembering of "Wendy Wasserman-Schultz", a far more important issue according the the Media and Leftist Social Media (but I nearly repeat myself)
3   Strategist   @   2018 Apr 20, 5:33pm  

All credit goes to Obama. Ask any democrat.
4   RC2006   @   2018 Apr 20, 7:17pm  

Strategist says
All credit goes to Obama. Ask any democrat.
You have it all wrong democrats are saying NK are the good guys and should have nukes, just kidding but the sad thing is if they did say that I wouldn't be suprised.
5   Patrick   @   2018 Apr 20, 7:20pm  

If this is True and North Korea keeps their word, it's an epic win for The Donald.
6   Strategist   @   2018 Apr 20, 8:00pm  

Patrick says
If this is True and North Korea keeps their word, it's an epic win for The Donald.


They have never kept their word in the past, which is why we can never trust them and let our guards down. Trump's strategy is brilliant.....No carrots just sticks, until there is 100% denuclearization, followed by inspections at our will.
7   Strategist   @   2018 Apr 21, 9:47am  

WarrenTheApe says
Patrick says
If this is True and North Korea keeps their word, it's an epic win for The Donald.


True. Which is why one should expect to see eleven more Stormy Daniels stories dominating the media while this goes down. #TrumpDerangementSyndrome


All Trump has to do is boast about having slept with every whore in the country. That will shut them up.
8   HeadSet   @   2018 Apr 21, 9:57am  

All Trump has to do is boast about having slept with every whore in the country. That will shut them up.

So far, they sleep with him for free, but he has to pay them not to brag. And for a real coupe, he got a Jewish attorney to foot the bill for one of them, and a gossip rag to pay for the other.
10   MisdemeanorRebel   @   2018 May 10, 11:11am  

Feux Follets says
Trump will likely find a way to claim that the “maximum pressure” technique worked—even if the results from any Kim-Trump meeting fall far short of current rhetoric about denuclearization.

First, assert that Trump's Tactics will make things worse, which was the stance taken by many on this board and had a an entire thread based on that assertion.
Next, when they succeed in a massive diplomatic breakthrough and real commitments on the ground, pooh pooh the idea that the breakthrough meetings will accomplish anything but words.
Then, pooh pooh that it was the Tough Stance that got us to a POTUS-Kim meeting, say it was the legacy of Obama, Ben Rhodes, etc.
Finally, ignore it and handwavium away the entire DPRK-ROC conflict and Kim's nukes as "No Biggie" "Eventually gonna happen anyway".

June 12th in Singapore.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44074257
11   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   @   2018 May 10, 11:45am  

TwoScoopsOfDragonEnergy says
Then, pooh pooh that it was the Tough Stance that got us to a POTUS-Kim meeting, say it was the legacy of Obama, Ben Rhodes, etc.


It wasn't the legacy of Obama. It was the fact that Kim has a bomb and delivery system. Could he use some more testing and development to nail things down? Sure. But, he is a credible threat now, so he's achieved deterrence. Now, he's coming to the Table. He's not going to disarm, and give up his security system. Do you think that he is? What do you think that Trump has won?

Trump talked tough, but did nothing, and Kim got his weapon, which is what we have been trying to prevent. That's a loss, not a win. It can't be blamed on Trump, because most of the work probably happened during Bush/Obama, and earlier. But that's where we are.
12   socal2   @   2018 May 10, 11:52am  

FNWGMOBDVZXDNW says
What do you think that Trump has won?


Three hostages for starters.

North Korea has also halted all nuclear and missile tests in advance of the summit meeting. That's not nothing.

What have we given up other than a willingness to talk?

I am still pessimistic, but we are light years away from where we were just a month or two ago when many Liberals were complaining that Trump's "Fire and Fury" rhetoric was going to bring us WWIII.
13   Booger   @   2018 May 10, 2:00pm  

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