Just 24 hours ago, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to reassure North Korea that despite calls for a “new approach” in dealing with the nation, North Korea “has nothing to fear from the United States.” Today, he insisted that preemptively attacking North Korea remains an option the US is considering.
Tillerson was speaking after a visit to the border between North and South Korea, and declared that America’s “policy of strategic patience has ended,” adding that all options remain on the table in going after North Korea. This comes just days after the US deployed missile drones to the border with North Korea.
President Trump also added to the sense of rising tensions, declaring that North Korea has “behaved very badly,” and complaining that “China has done little to help.” This comes despite China having proposed a deal between the US and North Korea, and which the US quickly rejected.
The US had long been pressuring China to make economic moves against North Korea, while China sought US diplomatic efforts. While China did ultimately block the coal trade with North Korea, a significant blow to their limited international trade, the Trump Administration appears to be determined to rule out any diplomatic efforts under any circumstances, insisting that what little diplomacy the US tried amounted to a “failure” and that a new strategy is needed.
Tillerson reiterated the US opposition to diplomacy today, insisting North Korea would have to unilaterally disarm as a precondition to any future negotiations with the United States.
“North Korea would have to unilaterally disarm as a precondition to any future negotiations with the United States”.
The next step can only be war, another damned war for US elites to play with the future of millions.
http://isis-online.org/isis… http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/north-koreas-lithium-6-production-for-nuclear-weapons
Conclusion
The length of time North Korea researched the mercury exchange process, combined with procurement data and the ease of making necessary sensitive procurements in China, provide strong evidence that North Korea has built a lithium 6 production plant. There is little reason to doubt that such a plant is operational. The recent attempt by North Korea to sell lithium 6 metal in China supports that conclusion and suggests that North Korea is making more lithium 6 than it needs in its nuclear weapons program. These findings add credibility to North Korea’s claims that it has been developing thermonuclear or boosted fission weapons, albeit likely crude ones that may still not work. But with more nuclear testing and time, North Korea is likely to succeed.
that conclusion and suggests that North Korea is making more lithium 6 than it needs in its nuclear weapons program. These findings add credibility to North Korea’s claims that it has been developing thermonuclear ……..
read between lines DPRK has potentially hundreds of fission-fusion-fission nukes. The H bomb of justice really does exist.
I feel sorry for Seoul South Korea. This is what happens when you are a vassal state client of the empire.
Preemptive my ass.This guy could become another mass nurderer and nuclearly too. Stick him in some loony bin.
When people at antiwar.com promote war with N. Korea, we know that we’re in some pretty serious trouble. It’s now essential that Raimondo stop all his support of Trump.
American patriotic bravado is convincing the people that they are immune from threat from N. Korea. You’re not!
If N.Korea is attacked by the US, there is a big possibility that they will go nuclear.
This is what you get America, when you elected Trump, the psychopathic madman.
A quote from Raimondo’s piece on N. Korea:
“Right now, US policymakers must ask themselves two questions: how did we get here, and how do we get out?”
Trump brought your country there, is the answer to the first question. There is most likely no answer to the second question as long as Trump is your president.
That’s because the world wasn’t “THERE” before Trump. And if it’s not N.Korea first then it will be Iran.
Americans are now betting on either being a risk worth taking. Trump’s bravado has convinced them of it.
Raimondo says: “It’s not clear what Trump’s Korea policy will be — except to those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. If you have actual arguments to make about what I wrote, rather than emotional outbursts, get back to me.”
I would get back to him on his piece if I could, but I can’t so I’ll do it here.
He’s an ignorant lying fool because it’s very clear what Trump’s policy on N.Korea is already. Maybe Raimondo thinks that all the escalation of warmongering against N.Korea is being done by Obama.
This very article on Tillerson’s remarks makes Raimondo a bloody liar.
That which he blames on us and calls ‘Trump derangement syndrome’, can more correctly be that Raimondo’s daddy took him out behind the woodshed far too many times. Or was it never?
Let’s do the personal attack routine Justin.
luv from the poster on this site you call a ‘lunatic’.
What is this escalation you keep referring to? So far, the Trump regime’s policy on North Korea doesn’t seem to be any more bellicose than the Obama regime’s policy (Obama publicly mused about “destroying” North Korea and oversaw cyber attacks on its military/nuclear operations).
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-rhetoric-north-korea-shifts-tillerson-sets-military-133628607.html
There’s a link that’s one of many. And the homepage has one by the Intercept.
This reaction from you doesn’t seem right to me unless it’s a support of Trump, or at least giving him the benefit of the doubt because he’s promising to the libertarians’ agenda.
You aren’t uninformed Thomas but if you haven’t read the one from the Intercept maybe you should. China is making it pretty clear that it sees some real problems coming up. Those who are paying attention understand that the old status quo of the US on every playing field, is not the reality anymore. That goes good for N.Korea, Iran, and Syria. So far. And Trump is not going to be receptive to that kind of rationality.
Otherwise, something for you to think about: N.Korea is China’s Israel, in the sense of it being China’s proxy. China is letting the US/Nato know that it’s a ‘hands off’ situation now.
I’m suggesting that Israel is in lockstep with US wishes.
I’m suggesting that N.Korea is in lockstep with China’s wishes.
Give it some thought but not from the POV of what Amercans want to be the truth.
I’m not seeing any “escalation.”
So Tillerson is saying that “all options are on the table.”
Guess what both Trump and Clinton said vis a vis North Korea in last year’s presidential debates?
And the year before that? “Aides to President Obama said that military options remained on the table if North Korea continues to pursue nuclear weapons.”
I’m not supporting Trump. I’m just noticing that, as usual, Trump is business as usual.
About all I can gather from that is that you read the word ‘escalation’ different from me. I’m not interested in making it a point of contention.
I’m much more interested in what the hell is going on between you and me. If you’re going to attack me for something then make it specific and keep the ‘heels clicking’ stuff out of it.
If I’m getting on your nerves as much as you are getting on mine then we’re headed for a confrontation. I can only suggest that you defuse it now for my sake. As it stands right now, I have not received any hints to back off on anything I’m saying.
A message I tried to get through to you on the “russiagate backfire thread:
I told you a couple of months ago that the Russians were involved in hacking. And I explained that all countries were involved in hacking all sorts of emails or anything else to do with intelligence gathering, or what they consider intelligence gathering. Once again, this is an opportunity for people to become informed by watching the Snowden video that’s been posted on another thread.
The whole point is, as I said earlier, it’s not important from the POV that the left media is making it out to be. That is, the demonization of Russia/Putin. If you’re not there yet then you need to get there Thomas!