In my opinion,
there are
several nations
in the world
who can't
be trusted
to honor any deal
they make on paper:
specifically Iran,
Russia, China
and North Korea.
I have stated here,
and in my
economics newsletter,
that I believe
North Korea has
"conned" Trump,
just like like Iran
"conned" Obama.
Neither country
was going to give up
their nuclear program,
and nuclear weapons /
materials that
they already have,
no matter what
they said.
I'm not claiming
to know that for sure,
but the bad character
of the leaders
of those nations,
tells me they
can 't be trusted !
We now have
some proof
I was right.
( I waited a week
to publish this
to be sure I was not
misinterpreting
what North Korea
actually meant ).
Since the the stalled
denuclearization talks,
satellite imagery suggests
North Korea is
actively upgrading
its nuclear facilities.
Then in mid-December
North Korea said
it will never
voluntarily give up
its nuclear weapons
unless the
“U.S. nuclear
threat
to Korea”
is eliminated.
This statement was from
the official Korean Central
News Agency (KCNA).
"The proper definition
of denuclearization
of the Korean Peninsula
is completely eliminating
the American
nuclear threat
to North Korea
before eliminating
our nuclear capability,"
the statement said.
The US and North Korea
have been deadlocked
over negotiations
related to easing sanctions,
following the Trump-Kim
historic summit on June 12
in Singapore wherein
both leaders pledged to
"work toward
complete denuclearization
of the Korean Peninsula."
It seems that a key issue
is the 28,500 US troops
in South Korea, a country
which is also under the
US "nuclear umbrella"
if attacked, primarily
because of those 28,500
troops located there.
The KCNA statement
meant the following,
according to the
Associated Press (AP):
'When we talk about
the Korean Peninsula,
it includes
the territory
of our republic
and also
the entire region
where the
United States
has placed
its invasive force,
including
nuclear weapons.'
North Korea
is demanding
the end of sanctions
and
"an end to
hostile policies"
as a precondition
to denuclearization
In my opinion,
North Korean
denuclearization
looks further away
than ever,
given the
impossible
demand for:
"the removal
of all sources
of nuclear threat,
not only from the South
and North ( Korea ),
but also from areas
neighboring the
Korean Peninsula".
