Speaking on Face the Nation on Sunday, John Bolton claimed that the White House has a plan all set up that would see all North Korean “weapons of mass destruction,” not just their nuclear program, dismantled in a year.
Details were scant, but Bolton said it would see North Korea’s nuclear, biological, and chemical arsenals totally wiped out, along with its entire ballistic missile program. He warned this would only be possible with “full cooperation” from North Korea.
Experts are already scoffing at this idea, with nuclear scientist Siegfried Hecker saying it would take around 10 years to dismantle and clean up just the Yongbyon nuclear site. Other officials also said that while much could be accomplished in a year, verification would take far longer.
This must inevitably raise questions on if Bolton’s comments are designed to support denuclearization, or undermine it. Bolton has long been opposed to North Korea diplomacy, and made it very clear that if his one-year deadline wasn’t met, it’d be proof North Korea wasn’t serious about the deal. This could easily be a plan designed to fail.
It would be foolish for the DPRK to disarm and become an easy prey for the US same as Lybia. The US cannot be trusted . The DPRK will never be a threat to anyone. All it wants is peace so it can built a more prosperous future for its people. It’s nukes are only a deterrent, nothing else.
the advantage NK has is a land border with russia and china, and both of those country were burned badly in libya and will not permit a repeat.
“, John Bolton claimed that the W.H. has a plan…..”. Balfour Declaration and the Weisse Jud’n also had a plan. But the latter did not involve Palestinians nor Arabs and the JB’s plan does not involve N, nor S.Koreans.
So, we see here a one-hand clap or slap?
“This could easily be a plan designed to fail.”
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Exactly. Once it “fails” expect Bolton, Pompeo and others to goad Trump into attacking the DPRK. Something Trump will likely be all too willing to do.