With no progress being made in talks between the US in North Korea since
the failed Hanoi Summit, North Korea is warning that deals reached at
last year’s summit could also be at risk if the US doesn’t start coming
up with a new effort to resume talks.
The statement cautions that the US must abandon its demands for unilateral North Korean disarmament “before it is too late,” and that if the US continues to test North Korean patience, the joint Singapore declaration would end up a “mere blank sheet of paper.”
North Korea has been calling for a new US approach for months, but so
far the signs are that there will be no change. Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo has insisted that the US will hold North Korea to commitments to
unilaterally disarm,
There appear to have been deals to be had during the Hanoi Summit, but
when they got close, US officials, notably Mike Pompeo and John Bolton,
started adding conditions and convinced Trump to walk away.
Convinced Trump? In the same day Mr. Cohen was poised to splash dirt in Congress. And he was kept on leash — spilling just as mych or as little as Trump chose to behave in Hanoi. He gave uo, Cohen was muzzled accordingly, nothingburger resulted. Every tune Trump strays out of , a new theeat is generated. A new blitz. So now if he wanders if the reservatiin on Iran — a whole hell will break lose. He is just s man, and with family to pritect. Bith parties are acting together to keep him in leash. He cannot run, cannot hude or get out of the game. His early chance to dismantle and reorganize CIA he missed. He caved in on dismantling State Department, and has zero influence in military. While at first they gave lip service to his orders on Syria, now nobody cares what he thinks. And uf he is foolish enough to whine about it, there are always his taxes. And the legal loopholes for getting him inducted AFTER he leaves White House are plentiful — all the reasons to ket them do what they want to do in foreign policy. After all — this is the ONLY thing that consumes both parties and Congress all the time. There is NO domestic policy.
Why in earth are they so ibsessed with global domiination? Nobody is competing for bejng the boss of the world. In fact, backing off a bit given our technological voes may make better sense. But the financial pyramid cannot wait. If we are not perceived as too dog, ut will start unravelling. So, push, push and push — as it is not expected that anyone would push back.
But there are so many ways to push back. China is now “offended” just as it was “offended” by Canada for Huawei executive arrest. Translate, China was looking for excuse to dumo Canadian imports fir better and cheaper ones elsewhere. Same is happening to US now. Many Chinese imports were inly for the sake of win-win logic. Now, it will drop many imports for good — many in agriculture. These US exports will be gone for goid, hnless US backs off from extreme demands and stops adding conditions. The amount of trade that China is developing within Belt-Road initiative, will amount to three times US market. China and Russia are not giving up Europe — and the amount of projects there is mind boggling. China and Russia are nit giving up Africa, and US and Europe have shiwn their colors through IMF plunder and mass exidus out of Africa. And now are complaining about China debt trap? It us a riot! But sloganeering will not work. Our ever more creative ohrases are not inpressing anyonee. We are all sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Iran is probably our last temptation. Let’s see what happens with even a tiny bite.
This is why Israel is taking shots at Syria. Hoping to have Russia lose nerve and then thurn the whole Middle East issue into Russian agression.
Russia did not bite in Ukraine, and now Ukraine is coming to Russia. It will wait out Israeli provications, and see what can US and Israel do about Iran. Saudis are laughing. King — who was declared demented and with Alzheimers by neocons back in the day — delivered a speach verbatem copying Pomoe, to the adiration of neocon press! MBS was not contamjnated by the affair. He was present at the meeting of Irganuzation if Uslamuc Countries, and inly Palestine was mentioned, not Iran at all! So mych fir Mecca consensus. Nin existent.
All you are saying, is that trump has either buckled to coercion, or is wholly incompetent for the office.
Is that all I am saying? I am not that quick to judge, as I tend to see various sides to any phenomena. Both positive and negative. Human beings are weak when they have something dear to lise. Very few of us are left with nothing to lose, and thise do not run for presidency.
Where I sense pure evil, no amount of good deeds or words are of use. Trump is not there, but he can be made operational.
Remember Shummer telung Trump that CIA has many ways to get him. He was not joking. Who controls CIA (not that this is the inly agency with questionable objectives)? Do we know exactly who are they working for? For one, ine part of Jeff Bezoz empire controls many bureaus within CIA. I do not know which, inly that for the effort he has $100 million of taxpayers money at his disposal. Do we know who else runs such “privatised” CIA? And the employees are making decisions in national interest, or to please those doing their oerformance appraisals?
The bottom line — President is a facade, hnless he/she belings to the clique that really pulls the strings today. Look at Hillary? Totally their creature, Pence like wise. Or Rubio, Cruz and other establishment bi-partisan creatures.
So, they had to teach and discipline Trump, until obedient. Minders are still having fit, once in a while. Regan had the tendency to wander iff the reservation, but he was coached every werkend at a certain estate.
The inly way oredudent can have any power is to become a military dictator, and military backs him up. And be willing to display the piwer at ghe first sign of disobedience. With this ighly unlikely scenario, the only other way for President to have control, is a disaster — economic or military. One is in the making — breakdown with China. This has been a misculculatiin, not taking into account that China would take advantage of conflict to bail out of a whole categories of trade.
This is where both US and Canadian farmers will become victims. This was so unbecessary. Trump will eat this one, or else not good.
I disagree. One of trump’s selling points was as an outsider, and businessman who would take charge. Allegedly owing nothing to anyone, he would bring “buisness savvy” to the White House. By observation, this has occurred, he does what he wants, within his legal grasp. Problem is not the “deep state”, it is that people were conned into believing what he said he would do, and he said all things to all people. It was plain, trump never intended to “negotiate” with anyone, he would use brute force to get what he wants. Deep state is just an excuse for his supporters, all presidents, senators, city council, and dog catchers have supporters and detractors vying for influence, trump is only different because of how loudly he whines about it.
“the state reflects the values and desires of its people”. Durkheim
whichever figurehead that appears matters not—amerikans love war and imperialism…however, only vs weak defenseless peoples