Days after North Korea released U.S. tourist Otto Warmbier with “extensive loss of [brain] tissue” who died shortly after his return to the United States, Kim Jong Un offered a conditional moratorium on his country’s nuclear and missile tests, reports Yonhap News.
Reaction to the death of Otto Warmbier
While it is unclear if Pyongyang’s offer to back off testing new munitions has anything to do with the death of the U.S. Tourist, the timing suggests the two are correlated.
As NBC notes: “The president is going to have to do something — and it’s going to have to go well beyond condolences that he gave yesterday and a condemnation of North Korea,” said Gordon Chang, a Daily Beast columnist and author of “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.” “He needs to make clear to North Korea and other regimes that there will be a severe cost for harming an American.”
While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2017
The U.S. once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim. Video: https://t.co/Rvm11ZbPk7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2017
President Trump speaks out on the death of former North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier https://t.co/QcugUvqgxx https://t.co/fyWTLwS7iS
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 19, 2017
Pres Trump's written statement on death of Otto Warmbier: pic.twitter.com/PPDUw2X8XF
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 19, 2017
North Korea’s demands
Kim Jong Un has said he will agree to a moratorium on North Korea’s missile and nuclear testing programs if certain demands are met – primarily, that the United States halt joint military drills with South Korea, which Pyongyang has called a ‘rehersal for invasion.’
South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in told CBS that Seoul has no plans to scale back exercises with Washington, despite a S. Korean advisor’s remarks in Washington to the contrary in exchange for N. Korea freezing it’s development programs.
Moratorium redux
Pyongyang’s offer to halt the development of weapons isn’t their first. In 2012, North Korea agreed to a moratorium on missile and nuclear tests, as well as freeze it’s uranium-enrichment facilities in exchange for 240,000 tons of food aid from the United States. Unfortunately, this agreement terminated less than two months later when N. Korea made an unsuccessful attempt to launch what it claims was an ‘earth observation’ satellite into space – a move which S. Korea and others called a cover for testing a ballistic missile.
As ZeroHedge reports, In recent years, North Korea has carried out five nuclear tests and dozens of missile tests as it seeks to develop a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the U.S. Despite sanctions and pressure, North Korea has repeatedly vowed to further develop its missile and nuclear weapons program, viewing it as a deterrent against what it claims is Washington’s hostile policy against it.
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zero , would you care to give this a read and a comment https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-21/trump-russia-and-those-shadowy-sater-deals-at-bayrock
The Russians are Coming.
The Russians are Coming.
“Emergency, everybody to get from street.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El03KPUeQc4
That fat ass Mo Howard mixed with the Pilsbury Dough boy. Has to be fuckery. North Korea is a movie set.
Nothing moar than a Hollywood production. Covering up the biggest slave colony in human fucking history.
Oilerua – nothing in that article is particularly damning – especially in context.
So, according to anonymous sources Trump did business as recently as 6 years ago with a shady company who rented space from him, and one of their shady principals who was reported to be in Trump’s orbit has Russia connections.
That’s it? Let’s consider that all true.
Our other choice for POTUS, Hillary Clinton, directly benefitted when Bill gave a $500K speech to a Russian bank which laundered money (and later upgraded the stock of Clinton-linked Uranium co.)
John Podesta and his brother actively (as recently as 2016) took $170K+ from Russia to lobby for lifting sanctions over Crimea, and John P held shares in a company that benefitted from the 20% Uranium deal.
Clinton also failed to disclose the $2.35 Million in donations (made in installments) from Uranium One chairman Ian Telfer to a nebulous slush fund subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation, set up by mining executive Frank Guistra (whose company merged with Uranium One). Guistra donated $31 Million to the Clinton Foundation. How charitable! See more at:
http://ibankcoin.com/zeropointnow/2017/03/09/russias-largest-bank-paid-podesta-group-170000-during-election-in-exchange-for-washington-influence/#sthash.7LajEkcs.dpuf
So – I guess that the Trump connection to Russia from that Bloomberg piece is perhaps a bit concerning, but malfeasance by Trump is implied at best. The other choice for President and ostensibly her secretary of state (to be) Podesta have / had actual money flowing into their various entities – and at least in part directly in exchange for influencing US foreign policy.
Imagine if Hillary had won – all of those same relationships with Moscow would be actively engaged… from the Podesta Lobbying to Uranium deal affiliates, to whatever else we don’t know about.
Kim Jong Un did his nuke and new munitions testing and now has to go back to the drawing board. His missile program is a dud. So why not milk it for what it’s worth and make it look like a strategic retreat? That’s all there is….nothing. He tested his new hardware and now has to regroup.