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    North Korea

    The following is extracted from a longer article in this morning's WSJ:
    By Andrew Jeong and Dasl Yoon
    March 15, 2019 8:17 a.m. ET




    A senior North Korean official warned that the country may suspend negotiations with the U.S. over its nuclear arsenal, in the latest sign of pressure on Washington after the two sides failed to reach an agreement at last month’s U.S.-North Korea summit.


    Addressing journalists and diplomats on Friday in Pyongyang, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, would soon decide whether to continue talks with President Trump, the Associated Press reported.

    Ms. Choe, one of Pyongyang’s top diplomats, refrained from directly criticizing Mr. Trump, but said the U.S. approach to the negotiations was uncompromising, and the North didn’t rule out the possibility that it would resume missiles testing. Ms. Choe said Washington should offer concessions because Pyongyang had refrained from testing nuclear weapons since November 2017.

    The statement revives concerns over Mr. Kim’s commitment to denuclearization, North Korea watchers said, and suggests Pyongyang could be slowly posturing to exit talks with the U.S., laying the blame on Washington for the negotiations’ failure.


    The failure to reach a deal on denuclearization at last week's summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un raises a lot of questions about where things go from here. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains. Photo: Getty (Originally Published March 4, 2019).

    “I want to make it clear that the gangster-like stand of the U.S. will eventually put the situation in danger,” said Ms. Choe, according to the AP. “We have neither the intention to compromise with the U.S. in any form, nor much less the desire or plan to conduct this kind of negotiation.”
    I might disagree with the "how" of this endeavor but that is nothing more than opinion. I will also not fault trump on the lack of success--in fact I applaud his willingness to walk away.

    It does seem that the effort may yield nothing of value other than offering the little guy his 5 minutes in the sun--which will fade quickly.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Let them spit and spat at each other as long no rockets are shot at us, if that happens then maybe we can remove them ourselves.
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