@SecBlinken @VP
Don’t get “stuck in what has often been called a “defensive crouch” on foreign policy & national security”. Be open to understanding DPRK’s security concerns, right to self-defense & desire to see☮️. Btw Kim Yo Jong's rank matches yours.
2/I for one don't to see US ratcheting up tensions on the Korean Peninsula w/ tough talk followed by actions that will jeopardize the lives of millions of people. The DPRK, having a No First Use Policy, has the right to defend itself against US nuclear & regime change threats.
3/I know it's hard to admit when one's wrong about something. But the US & allies considering attacking the sovereign de facto "shrimp-among-whales" nuclear state of DPRK is crazy bad. Western paranoia is actually more dangerous than NFU DPRK's nukes.
4/Learn from history. We CANNOT adopt the Nazi's ideology. THINK!! If the US, ROK & Quad allies start down a path of escalation, where is it going? Ans: to WW3. The danger is China, Russia and others branding the US/West as the new Nazis for bullying DPRK.
5/Believe me the last thing we as Americans need is to be branded the new Nazis by China, Russia, Iran, Syria & DPRK. That's how the stage is set for WW3. So why don't you just meet w/ Kim Yo Jong or Choe Son Hui in Sweden and talk DE-escalation, arms reduction & the path to ☮️?
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The Biden Admin’s North Korea Policy Review will likely take a step-by-step/phased approach towards North Korea’s “complete denuclearization”, rewarding DPRK at each step w/ incremental sanctions relief.
2/However Kim Yo Jong has previously said (her 10 July 2020 remarks appear later in thread) that DPRK will reject any future “denuclearization for sanctions” schemes offered by the US. Biden’s NK Policy Review following Friday’s US-Japan-ROK Trilat NSA Dialogue then could be DOA.
3/Cue to 4:42:
Anchor: “The trilateral meeting this time this Friday may mean that we will soon see the conclusion of the Biden Administration’s North Korea Policy. What are you expecting.”
Dr Go: “So...From the reports coming out of Washington, it looks like the Biden
Nice unbiased piece by NPR about the Echo of Truth YouTube Channel hosted by Un A (which YouTube has subsequently taken down).
[From August 12, 2020]
North Korea Makes A Push To Reach Foreign Audiences On YouTube And Twitter npr.org/2020/08/12/901…
2/Apparently the modern, sexy, intelligent socialist woman Un A is DPRK overload and too much of an existential threat to the American propaganda machine. YouTube has aided and abetted the US’s “North Korea narrative” by cancelling Echo of Truth & maligning it as “propaganda”.
3/Being half-Asian myself I’ve gotta side w/ Un A and express how pathetic American social media is when, w/ clear ideological bias, it “cancels” - censors rather - DPRK’s new contemporary social media makeover. And what makes it worse is that “What’s Up Pyongyang” is anything
DPR Korea slams UN Double Standard after Missile Tests
[Mar 30, 2021]
Double Standard Will Invite More Serious Consequence
Press Statement of Jo Chol Su, Director-General of Department of International Organizations of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2/“The Democratic People's Republic of Korea test-fired new-type tactical guided missiles on the 25th, which is the exercise of its fair and square right of self-defence to deter the military threat to the Korean peninsula and defend peace and prosperity of the state.
3/“However, there is an open dangerous attempt to deny the right of self-defence of our state.
The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on DPRK held a closed-door working-level consultation hastily on the 26th, where the United States called for "tightening the
Whether The Armistice Will End In War Or Peace Hangs On Technicalities
The insidious “logic” underlying the US’s strategy on DPRK is this: As long as a peace treaty hasn’t ended the War, the Armistice is in effect, which means it’s still technically wartime, which means the US
2/can attack DPRK, attempt regime change and even launch a nuclear first strike in the name of self-defense at the opportune time. The moment a peace treaty is inked this opportunity is gone since in peacetime an attack on DPRK would technically be illegal.
Technicalities.
3/Of course DPRK’s leadership understands this only too well. They can virtually read the mind of the US DoD/MIC establishment. Which makes getting to peacetime (War officially, technically over) - by enduring sanctions & deterring the US from attacking - i.e. simply surviving,
Must-read article shedding light on the Inter-Korean missile race where both Koreas are seeking to match & outdo the other in better weaponry. Which underscores the necessity of a ☮️ treaty & defangs the claim of DPRK’s defense exercises being a “threat”. mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id…
2/What’s good for the goose has to be good for the gander. It can’t be otherwise. The US, ROK, Japan & allies can’t claim that they have the right to defend against DPRK’s weaponry but the DPRK doesn’t have the right to defend against their weaponry. Defense is a 2-way road.
3/Which justifies Kim Yo Jong’s harsh criticism of Moon Jae In for parroting the US’s portrayal of DPRK’s defensive missile test as a “UNSC Resolution violation” and “threat to the international community”.
“As Asia continues its economic ascent, two centuries of Western domination of the world, first under Pax Britannica and then under Pax Americana, are coming to an end. The West is losing not only its material dominance but also its ideological sway.” foreignaffairs.com/articles/world…
2/“...History makes clear that such periods of tumultuous change come with great peril. Indeed, great-power contests over hierarchy and ideology regularly lead to major wars. Averting this outcome requires soberly acknowledging that the Western-led liberal order that emerged
3/“after World War II cannot anchor global stability in the twenty-first century. The search is on for a viable and effective way forward.”
Blinken doesn’t look like he’s set on averting conflict b/t the US & its allies and North Korea.