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| Biden North Korea review expected 'in next month or so' - US official |
| 2021-03-10 |
| Capitulation Central Diplomacy [Al-Rooters, via JPost] The Biden administration's review of its policy towards North Korea is expected to be completed "within the next month or so," a senior official of the administration told Reuters on Tuesday while declining to say what direction it might take. The new administration, which took office in January, announced the review following former President Donald Trump's unprecedented engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which failed to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. Just like every other Admin before, including your own, Joe. You remember that, don't you? Don't you? "We are involved and engaged in a highly intense strategic review. Our expectations are that it will be done in within the next month or so," the official said. Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the approach to North Korea could involve more sanctions or unspecified diplomatic incentives. The senior administration official said the US officials involved in the review had been engaged with diplomacy in one manner or other since the mid 1990s. "Our expectations are probably very much shaped by previous experiences," he said, while noting "some interesting dynamics about the previous, the most immediate, period." "I think we want to explore a variety of different things," he said without elaborating on the content. The official said North Korea would be among the topics discussed at a first summit of the Quad group of nations - the United States, Japan, India and Australia on Friday. It will also be a topic when Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visit Japan and South Korea later this month. The Pentagon expressed concern last week about a UN report indicating possible preprocessing of nuclear fuel for bombs by North Korea, and said such activity could raise tensions with Pyongyang. A confidential UN report seen by Reuters last month said North Korea developed its nuclear and ballistic missile programs throughout 2020. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 All part of The Great Playalong. -Don't know, or won't say, who is compiling 'policy'. -every time used it arrogates the election was on the up and up and the voting process is fine. -when everything goes to shit they can retire the name and blur the actions taken. -to keep the willfully ignorant, willfully ignorant. To me, this is a lot to happen in a short amount of time, which would indicate extensive planning, perhaps dusting off the wish lists for the Hillary! administration - who in her own right wasn't quite right physically or mentally at the time - so the question would be how to brand it according to who was 'elected'; the branding of it all. I'm not sure how they plan on handling the giant personality vacuum left open by the greatest politician in world history, the one who bested a seemingly unstoppable President Trump, with a potato with strange eyes and an incredibly unlikable harlot whose problem, ironically, is she capable of handling a mouthful. Except, of course, shut up go along or else. Some big egos involved here. Biden's SOTU was going to be the broadcast 'news' red carpet event where they all high five each other over the hoist, and what they will get will be deflating, embarrassing, and indefensable. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-03-10 14:36 |
| #1 OPEN QUESTIONS: Why does anyone place the name Biden in front of anything being mandated by this Administration? Does anyone really think Biden has even has 50% mental awareness of his Executive Orders and actions? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-03-10 07:18 |