Trump’s North Korea Policy Just Collapsed
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After the Libyan model, Washington holds out Vietnam model for North Korea!
2018/07/09
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday held out a brighter future for North Korea, urging leader Kim Jong Un to follow the path to prosperity taken by Vietnam.
Pompeo was speaking at a business event in Hanoi, Vietnam, after completing a two-day trip to Pyongyang where he met with North Korean officials to discuss the details of a summit agreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim.
"In light of the once-unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today, I have a message for Chairman Kim Jong Un: President Trump believes your country can replicate this path," Pompeo said. "It's yours if you'll seize the moment. The miracle could be yours; it can be your miracle in North Korea as well."
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2018/07/09/0401000000AEN20180709000400315.html
But this is obviously overlooking the DPRK's true might, as the holder of the world's 8th crude oil reserve and first rare earth mineral ore reserve:
2018/07/09
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday held out a brighter future for North Korea, urging leader Kim Jong Un to follow the path to prosperity taken by Vietnam.
Pompeo was speaking at a business event in Hanoi, Vietnam, after completing a two-day trip to Pyongyang where he met with North Korean officials to discuss the details of a summit agreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim.
"In light of the once-unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with Vietnam today, I have a message for Chairman Kim Jong Un: President Trump believes your country can replicate this path," Pompeo said. "It's yours if you'll seize the moment. The miracle could be yours; it can be your miracle in North Korea as well."
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2018/07/09/0401000000AEN20180709000400315.html
But this is obviously overlooking the DPRK's true might, as the holder of the world's 8th crude oil reserve and first rare earth mineral ore reserve:
2018/06/29
In pre-summit meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang,
Kim Jong Un seems to have expressed his desire to turn North Korea into a richer country than Vietnam, according to Lee Jong-seok, a former South Korean unification minister.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/06/29/0200000000AEN20180629012100315.html
In pre-summit meetings with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang,
Kim Jong Un seems to have expressed his desire to turn North Korea into a richer country than Vietnam, according to Lee Jong-seok, a former South Korean unification minister.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/06/29/0200000000AEN20180629012100315.html
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US sincerity in solving North Korea nuclear issue questioned
By Wang Wenwen Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/8
The latest visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to North Korea was said to be "productive" by the US chief diplomat himself, but with sharp contrast, North Korea accused the Trump administration of pushing a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization" and called it "deeply regrettable."
The contradicting remarks by the two sides reignited people's doubts over the sincerity of the United States to solve the North Korean nuclear issue.
Chinese strategists are worried that the Trump administration may go beyond diplomacy and undermine China's interests on the peninsula.
US observers have long held the view that China is the crux of the peninsula nuclear issue and it is China that can exert the most pressure on Pyongyang to make it yield all of its nuclear weapons.
With Pompeo leaving North Korea empty-handed, some US media were quick to speculate that China will use North Korea as a bargaining chip on trade and other disputes, especially now that the China-US trade row is escalating.
However, what they may have missed is the fact that the relationship between the US and North Korea is not something that China can control.
China fully supports the move to denuclearization which will dismantle a time bomb in the region and regards that it is absolutely productive to change the whole area into a new economic powerhouse.
But this is not the utmost motivation in US dealings with North Korea. The US has been using North Korea as pretext to justify its military presence in Northeast Asia and the entire Asia-Pacific. For the US, the long-term management of China is more of a national security concern than North Korean nuclear tests, a CIA analyst told Time last year.
By tightly controlling the valves of the regional situation, the US is trying to manipulate the tension of the peninsula according to its strategic needs to maximize its interests. This is the real intention of Washington.
The US is the dominant factor in the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Countries concerned, including South Korea and Japan, should realize the long and difficult path to North Korea's denuclearization.
Regional powers allied with Washington should craft their own way to solve the nuclear issue instead of serving as US yes-men. At present, their military alliance with the US has increased the complexity and difficulty of regional peace in the long run, although they might feel sheltered under the protection of the US umbrella.
China is an active player for peace on the peninsula. However, at a time of setbacks in Sino-US relations, we need to attach more attention to any adjustments made by the Trump administration on the peninsula issue and continue to unswervingly promote the denuclearization of the peninsula.
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I guess the Vietnam model also includes US-led subversive actions to undermine and bring down the Vietnam Communist Party and throw the country into a bloody civil war.
I do not think the Vietnam Model is more appealing to the NK then the Libyan Model.
By Wang Wenwen Source:Global Times Published: 2018/7/8
The latest visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to North Korea was said to be "productive" by the US chief diplomat himself, but with sharp contrast, North Korea accused the Trump administration of pushing a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization" and called it "deeply regrettable."
The contradicting remarks by the two sides reignited people's doubts over the sincerity of the United States to solve the North Korean nuclear issue.
Chinese strategists are worried that the Trump administration may go beyond diplomacy and undermine China's interests on the peninsula.
US observers have long held the view that China is the crux of the peninsula nuclear issue and it is China that can exert the most pressure on Pyongyang to make it yield all of its nuclear weapons.
With Pompeo leaving North Korea empty-handed, some US media were quick to speculate that China will use North Korea as a bargaining chip on trade and other disputes, especially now that the China-US trade row is escalating.
However, what they may have missed is the fact that the relationship between the US and North Korea is not something that China can control.
China fully supports the move to denuclearization which will dismantle a time bomb in the region and regards that it is absolutely productive to change the whole area into a new economic powerhouse.
But this is not the utmost motivation in US dealings with North Korea. The US has been using North Korea as pretext to justify its military presence in Northeast Asia and the entire Asia-Pacific. For the US, the long-term management of China is more of a national security concern than North Korean nuclear tests, a CIA analyst told Time last year.
By tightly controlling the valves of the regional situation, the US is trying to manipulate the tension of the peninsula according to its strategic needs to maximize its interests. This is the real intention of Washington.
The US is the dominant factor in the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Countries concerned, including South Korea and Japan, should realize the long and difficult path to North Korea's denuclearization.
Regional powers allied with Washington should craft their own way to solve the nuclear issue instead of serving as US yes-men. At present, their military alliance with the US has increased the complexity and difficulty of regional peace in the long run, although they might feel sheltered under the protection of the US umbrella.
China is an active player for peace on the peninsula. However, at a time of setbacks in Sino-US relations, we need to attach more attention to any adjustments made by the Trump administration on the peninsula issue and continue to unswervingly promote the denuclearization of the peninsula.
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I guess the Vietnam model also includes US-led subversive actions to undermine and bring down the Vietnam Communist Party and throw the country into a bloody civil war.
I do not think the Vietnam Model is more appealing to the NK then the Libyan Model.
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Vietnam accused US of organizing anti-China riots in Vietnam
An American provocateur was caught on camera inciting anti-China rioters to scale barricades and violence against police. He was arrested when police noticed he was acting as leader of the rioters. However, the US embassy insist he was injured by the cops and demand his release.
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Not surpising, when one is mocking President George H.W. Bush's “Thousand Points of Light”:
Trump under fire for mocking senior Bush
Sun Jul 8, 2018 05:54PM
US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by poking fun at former President George H.W. Bush and his “Thousand Points of Light” slogan.
Bush, the 41st US president, is also referred to as "Bush 41", "Bush the Elder" and "Bush Senior" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who became the 43rd US president.
“Thousand Points of Light. I never quite got that one. What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out?” Trump said during a free-wheeling campaign rally Thursday in Montana.
Bush, 94, used the slogan to name a private organization he had established to promote volunteerism.
http://217.218.67.231/Detail/2018/07/08/567494/US-Bush-Trump-slogans
Sun Jul 8, 2018 05:54PM
US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by poking fun at former President George H.W. Bush and his “Thousand Points of Light” slogan.
Bush, the 41st US president, is also referred to as "Bush 41", "Bush the Elder" and "Bush Senior" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who became the 43rd US president.
“Thousand Points of Light. I never quite got that one. What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out?” Trump said during a free-wheeling campaign rally Thursday in Montana.
Bush, 94, used the slogan to name a private organization he had established to promote volunteerism.
http://217.218.67.231/Detail/2018/07/08/567494/US-Bush-Trump-slogans
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Flight to the Lights 2 - Flying with auroras
By Taichi NAKAMURA, Trace of Light Photography
Published on Mar 30, 2018
Chasing the Southern Lights. Captured from the Boing jet Dreamliner that was chartered for the ultimate aurora chasers' project “Flight to the Lights” during 22-23 March 2018. The plane departed from the largest airport in South Island New Zealand and went further south where it is close to Antarctica and where the Aurora Oval is, the place where the aurora is highly active. This video contains most of aurora's activity during the flight observed from the port side of the plane. Small reflections from the wing beacon and internal lights occasionally is in the frame. Captured with Sony ILCE-7S (a7s). Standard Youtube licence Sharing greatly appreciated with attribution
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