North Korea’s growing nuclear threats and the proposed economic sanctions to pressure Kim Jong-un to negotiations are in the news. Last week…
North Korea’s growing nuclear threats and the proposed economic sanctions to pressure Kim Jong-un to negotiations are in the news. Last week, the U. S. House of Representatives voted to send “a message” to Pyongyang to stop its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. This message calls, again, for tightening economic sanctions on companies dealing with North Korea.
President Trump, who expressed willingness to meet with Kim, probably thought his statement would help appease the unpredictable North Korean dictator. But why was this self-proclaimed artful dealer in a hurry to propose negotiations? After all, we tried negotiations with another dangerous country, and it didn’t work so well – as Trump himself once was all too quick to acknowledge.
Speaking of which, President Trump did not “rip up” Obama’s “really, really bad deal” with Iran. Iran did not sign the deal, and the International Atomic Energy Agency is allowed only limited inspections. Nonetheless, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced: “Iran is compliant through April 18 with its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, ” thus continuing the charade of allowing the Iranians to advance their nuclear agenda.
Iran could be complying with the limited inspections of its nuclear program facilities. But the Geneva agreement did not demand that Iran stop all of its uranium enrichment programs and nuclear physics research, in return for lifting U.
