Pushing for the possibility of negotiations with North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in says negotiations should be held with all options open, saying he concedes it would take a long time for North Korea to totally denuclearize, even if they agreed to.
North Korea has rejected the idea of giving up its nuclear arsenal, while US officials have suggested that disarmament should be a precondition for holding any talks. Needless to say, these two positions haven’t exactly made talks likely.
Moon says the advances of North Korea’s program make the dismantling of it a long-term effort, with the capacity something that would take time to completely destroy. Moon has been an advocate of talks, and this may be an attempt to open a window to starting talks before any concessions are made.
South Korea has officially sought denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and Moon has ruled out hosting US nuclear arms in the future. North Korea, however, believes it needs a credible deterrent force to keep the US from attacking them outright, and that’s going to have to be resolved as part of any deal to get them to disarm.
Maybe when the US government collapses from the massive debt incurred by deficit military spending, NK will get more reasonable. I was stunned to read an article in USNews.com talking about how the US is running out of countries willing to buy our exploding debt. The US is second to none in making weapons, unfulfillable promises, and accounting gimmicks that would make Enron blush.
When will the USA denuclearize? That would be the best thing for world peace, as Russia, China would not be threatened and negotiations, not armageddon, may be possible.
SKOR has to cut its own deal with NKOR and tell the US to take a hike (in a nice way ’cause no one wants to mess with SKOR exports)