Comments on: North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un meets with South Korean delegation

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:02:49 +0000

Dear Dictator Kim,
I am offering you a chance to survive. Simply provide all all chemical, biological and nuclear arms to my military representatives for safe disposal – tomorrow. Further, simply permit full inspection of any location, at any time, without delay within North Korea.
The United States offered this generous deal to a former dictator named Sadam. He refused and was captured in a small hole in the ground and later hung by his countrymen.
This is a limted time offer.

Sincerely,

Donald Trump
President of the United States
(Very different president than all the previous ones)

By: wodun

wodun — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:56:07 +0000

The media has been spinning this as a victory for South Korean diplomacy that was made all the harder due to Trump.

The Trump admin is skeptical of these new talks too, which is a good thing. Previous Presidents would take the talks as a victory and then stop the pressure. Will the Trump admin fall for this old trick by the North Koreans?

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:57:59 +0000

In reply to Andrew_W. Andrew_W: I agree with you. I am skeptical. However, my job is to report this meeting and the subsequent planned summit. I also must note that it still is a significant change in Kim Jong Un's behavior, after more than a decade.

By: Andrew_W

Andrew_W — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:51:30 +0000

I wouldn’t trust Kim Jong Un as far as I could throw him and I’m surprised you’re putting so much confidence in press releases from his government.

By: DougSpace

DougSpace — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:50:41 +0000

Kim’s change in behavior has less to do with responding to Trump’s actions as it has to do with the DPRK using “useful idiots” in the South to make the world naively believe there is a chance at a peaceful solution thereby allowing it more time to scale up its ICBM force and removing an immediate excuse for Trump (after the midterm election) to build up forces in preparation for attack thereby giving the US the amount of leverage to negotiate a favorable outcome on our terms or to remove the growing threat to us by force. It’s like game theory.