Thread by @BonicMichael

“work together toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”
"fully implementing relevant UN Security Council resolutions"
"cooperating to strengthen deterrence"
“complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment” of DPRK’s nukes and ballistic missiles
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2/That's it? That's the North Korea Policy Review? Not an iota of negotiating strategy. Conspicuous by absence: security guarantees, peace declaration. A new acronym CVIA: the "complete, verifiable & irreversible abandonment" of DPRK's nukes. New grade: C-
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3/There's also this: “We remain deeply preoccupied by the precarious humanitarian situation in the country, which is the result of the DPRK regime’s choice to prioritize its unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs over the welfare of its own people."

4/It's the same old same old, modified, updated & repackaged w/ a new moniker thrown in: CVIA. These geniuses (NOT) have revealed their logic & hand to DPRK:
1) The "complete denuclearization of the KP" is conditioned upon the CVIA of DPRK's nuclear & ICBM programs
2) Apparently

5/the "ball's in DPRK's court" now. "We want to engage in diplomacy w/ you but only if you'll agree to the "complete denuclearization of the KP". The "fine print" in DPRK agreeing to this tho is that CVIA is US's end game. The US uses every trick in the book trying to fool DPRK.

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3) "Strategic obfuscation" is being used as a substitute for diplomatic acumen & creative outside-the-box thinking, to mask US's unwillingness to accept a nuclear DPRK and to put DPRK into a catch-22 situation. If DPRK refuses to sit w/ the US, D.C. can leverage that decision

7/by saying: "Diplomacy is always favorable to conflict. We tried to engage in diplomacy w/ DPRK but they refused. Apparently they have no interest in the "denuclearization of the KP". This worries us b/c their nukes are a grave threat to us & our allies. We now must "reign in"

8/their nuclear ambitions so that they change their resolve." I'm certain DPRK sees this for what it is: a diplomatic trap. Since they're even more resolute now that they need to DETER the US, IMO DPRK will blast this "policy", esp. as human rights got high billing, and declare

9/that the US is still hostile, doesn't address DPRK's security guarantees and isn't ready to adapt to new times b/c it's stuck in its Cold War mentality.

The DPRK, in order to protect its citizens - its workers, students, teachers, families, party members, elite - I think is

10/going to hunker down into "strengthening their deterrent" mode, which will throw Washington off and bring D.C. to a moment of truth: Will it be practical, smart & humane and accept living w/ a nuclear DPRK? Or wax paranoid & belligerent and beat the drums of war? D.C. might

11/not be the smartest but it is clever. It can choose to wage war & cause millions of deaths b/c it knows it'll win. DPRK has the sovereign right to defend itself & its people from a belligerent US. So I support their right to defend themselves from US.☮️

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12/What a sad effing pun: "defend themselves from US" - Us!! America!! The dam US!!

What kind of a monstrous superpower would, out of paranoia, seek to destroy the dreams of these teenagers?👇May God protect their dreams and bring them to fruition!!

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