Martian2
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China and the United States appear to have reached a deal on North Korea.
1. China cuts off oil to North Korea.
2. US agrees to talk to North Korea without preconditions.
3. If North Korea refuses to budge, the only solution is war.
4. China has set up multiple refugee camps along the China-North Korea border.
5. US has assured China that American troops will pull back to the 38th parallel (DMZ line) after a war with North Korea.
This proposal is reasonable and satisfies the concerns of both China and the United States. North Korea's Kim Jong Un has one last chance to denuclearize before the US takes military action.
This is similar to the former situation with Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The US gave Saddam one last chance to let the nuclear weapon inspectors perform their job according to the peace agreement signed between the US and Iraq. Saddam reneged and the US took military action.
Saddam was hanged. North Korea's Kim Jong Un can either choose to denuclearize or they'll probably hang him too.
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US ready for talks with North Korea 'without preconditions', Tillerson says | The Guardian (December 12, 2017)
"Tillerson also revealed that the US had been talking to China about what each country would do in the event of a conflict or regime collapse in North Korea, saying that the Trump administration had given Beijing assurances that US troops would pull back to the 38th parallel, which divides North and South Korea, and that the only US concern would be to secure the regime’s nuclear weapons.
Earlier this week it emerged that China is building a network of refugee camps along its 880-mile (1,416km) border with North Korea, in preparation for a potential exodus that could be unleashed by conflict or the collapse of Kim Jong-un’s regime." (third and fourth full paragraphs from the top of the article)
1. China cuts off oil to North Korea.
2. US agrees to talk to North Korea without preconditions.
3. If North Korea refuses to budge, the only solution is war.
4. China has set up multiple refugee camps along the China-North Korea border.
5. US has assured China that American troops will pull back to the 38th parallel (DMZ line) after a war with North Korea.
This proposal is reasonable and satisfies the concerns of both China and the United States. North Korea's Kim Jong Un has one last chance to denuclearize before the US takes military action.
This is similar to the former situation with Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The US gave Saddam one last chance to let the nuclear weapon inspectors perform their job according to the peace agreement signed between the US and Iraq. Saddam reneged and the US took military action.
Saddam was hanged. North Korea's Kim Jong Un can either choose to denuclearize or they'll probably hang him too.
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US ready for talks with North Korea 'without preconditions', Tillerson says | The Guardian (December 12, 2017)
"Tillerson also revealed that the US had been talking to China about what each country would do in the event of a conflict or regime collapse in North Korea, saying that the Trump administration had given Beijing assurances that US troops would pull back to the 38th parallel, which divides North and South Korea, and that the only US concern would be to secure the regime’s nuclear weapons.
Earlier this week it emerged that China is building a network of refugee camps along its 880-mile (1,416km) border with North Korea, in preparation for a potential exodus that could be unleashed by conflict or the collapse of Kim Jong-un’s regime." (third and fourth full paragraphs from the top of the article)