Thread by @BonicMichael

As long as the US keeps playing this game of holding ☮️ (the end of the Korean War) hostage to DPRK’s “full denuclearization”, DPRK’s nuclear deterrence & 2nd strike capability will keep growing. I’d immediately negotiate accepting a limited nuclear DPRK, normalization & ☮️. 🤩

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2/Nuclear DPRK, Ltd
There’s direct proportionality b/t US’s hostility (unilateral demands, conditions, sanctions) towards DPRK and the pace of DPRK’s nuclear & ICBM development. When the former increases, so does the latter. Were the former to stop, so would the latter. The

3/geniuses (not) in the Beltway don’t seem to grasp this elementary relation tho. Instead of worrying Kim will break his self-imposed double moratorium, they should entice DPRK to agreeing to Maximum Limits on their nuclear & ICBM programs (maximum allowable nukes & ICBSs).

4/The DPRK doesn’t want to keep its nuclear program rolling down the track - It has no choice! If the US said: “Let’s talk maximum numbers on your nukes & missiles DPRK”
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PY has the chance to put the brakes on their programs. The last thing

5/DPRK wants is war. But they won’t back down from defending against what they perceive are threats. (US threats. “Perception is 9/10 of reality” applies here.) Offering an off ramp is the best play. Talking numbers implies the US is willing to accept DPRK as a nuclear state, and

6/the devil will be in the details. This isn’t a concession that implies accepting a nuclear DPRK makes the world “more dangerous” (as some think), but rather gives the advantage to the US. I realize that the US/ROK/UN et al don’t understand how much DPRK wants ☮️ & normalized

7/relations w/ the US. Those two items (plus acceptance as a nuclear state) comprise the holy grail of DPRK’s national objectives. Just ask them. So if the US dangles the proposition of these 3 objectives being fulfilled in exchange for DPRK agreeing to a list of conditions,

8/they’ll readily sit w/ the US to talk and bargain things to a mutually acceptable “price”.

DPRK agrees:
* To shut down all nuclear enrichment facilities
* To maximum numbers of X nuclear warheads, Y1/Y2 ICBMs/SLBMs & Z nuclear subs
* To the rules of non-proliferation
* To USFK

9/remaining in perpetuity in S Korea strictly for regional defense under Mutual Defense Treaty
* To sign non-aggression pacts w/ US, ROK & allies/territories

US agrees to:
* Diplomatically recognize DPRK as a limited nuclear state for as long as DPRK abides by all conditions

10/* Permanently end USFK joint military exercises targeting DPRK
* Sign a Declaration Of Intent to formally end the Korean War
* Phase out UNSC Resolution sanctions targeting DPRK in a gradual, timely & orchestrated manner
* Set up liaison offices in Washington & Pyongyang for

11/the purpose of establishing formal diplomats relations

I think I covered the bases. I hope you can see that living w/ a limited nuclear DPRK in this manner not only fulfills all of their national objectives but meets ours as well in a balance of learning to “Live & let live”.

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*ICBMs*, not *ICBSs*

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