That is what you're doing by dismissing what Mr. Moon said.
I did quite the opposite, I highlighted Mr. Moons statement as a wise diplomatic decision.
Like I said, its a first step. If everything goes well perhaps NK will stop. Won't know though until that first step...which is always small...is taken. You seem to be expecting a running start. Nothing ever starts out with running.
I would love nothing more, than this to be a first step towards a peaceful and united Korean peninsula, it would genuinely give me a lot of joy and would be a glorious human achievement... But knowing North Korea like I do, you are being, even with the words "perhaps" "Small" and "first step" very over optimistic on what all this means.
Would you expect ANY country to do something unless there was a benefit to it? I wouldn't. The question is "what is the benefit that is being sought after?" Followed by "if we don't like the benefit is it possible to give some other benefit that they would take that would benefit us also?"
As in benefit its long term strategic goals, as it continues to develop its nuclear and missile technology it now has the world gripped in positive headlines regarding it's decision in this case, knowing North Korea like I do, we're all being taken for a ride here.
While DPRK may very well have developed Nuclear Weapons and seems to have very well reached a stage where its missile technology is competent enough to be a threat, the final stage is miniaturizing a warhead to mount on a missile which would give policy makers in Washington a final line to consider action before North Korea becomes a full fledged nuclear power and action becomes impossible.
This is very likely a smoke screen to obscure attention while it continues to make progress on these fronts, I would be saying this no matter who was President but the DPRK is playing way too nice here, they never do something like this, this easily and without ridiculous contentions and conditions, something is off with all of this.
See, you simply cannot accept that Trumps actions and bluster may have very well led to this. You simply cannot accept anything that might be positive about Trump.
Yes I cannot say it because it would be false, now I'm not the President of South Korea, concerned with the future of my entire country on which the military alliance with the United States may rest... So he had some major diplomatic considerations to take into account.
Trump took credit for the talks long before they were even concluded, January 4th.
Trump takes credit for recent talks between North and South Korea - CNNPolitics
Moon then gives credit January 9th as to not contradict the irrational Trump because everyone's worried about Trumps unpredictable and irrational behavior, all of this is more a testament to a US allies uneasy view of Trump as it is his actual achievements.
South Korea's Moon Jae-In credits Donald Trump with 'huge' contribution to North Korea talks - CNN
And the problem here as well, was Trumps own words on negotiating with North Korea in which he undercut his Sec State and said that negotiations were useless... So Kal how can he possibly take credit for the talks when he disowned the entire idea of talking with them in the first place?
And this is the problem, these points I'm making are not some wild eyed, made up things I am coming up with out of nowhere in a dark room by myself after 7 red bulls, these are things based on his own words and actions.
Kal, I want nothing more, than to be wrong about all of this, I want this to be the first step in a massive improvement of relations between the Koreas and I know for myself, when and if they come out with that single Korean flag during the opening ceremony, I will get emotional, this subject for whatever reason has become extremely close to my heart, the heartless and calculated splitting of a people, of families decades ago and the subsequent evil that the Kim regime represents is something that weighs on my mind often, I can't really explain how I came to be so passionate on this subject but there it is.
But with all that in mind, North Korea never, ever plays this nice, this easily without seeking to exploit it for something that is not bound to be positive to South Korean or US interests.
If I am wrong, LET me be wrong because it would be great if I was.
eace
