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Kim Jong Un views US military presence as 'bulwark' against China threat: Pompeo (N. Korea)
The Strait Times ^ | MAR 18, 2022

Posted on 03/21/2022 7:09:14 PM PDT by TigerLikesRoosterNew

Kim Jong Un views US military presence as 'bulwark' against China threat: Pompeo

PUBLISHED MAR 18, 2022, 12:34 PM SGT

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un views US forces stationed in South Korea as a counterweight and "bulwark" against China's "real threat" to his sovereignty, said former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo.

The former top US diplomat said that a critical lesson he had learnt from nuclear talks with Pyongyang is Mr Kim's perception of the United States Forces Korea (USFK), although the Trump administration "didn't get all the way to try to convince Chairman Kim that his nuclear weapons pose more of a threat to him than they did a security blanket".

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: embarrassingtake; kimjongun; nkorea; northkorea; pompeoisondrugs; putdownthecrackpipe

1 posted on 03/21/2022 7:09:14 PM PDT by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

So. Little Kimmie is glad for US forces. Protecting him and his against Chinese threats.

We truly are living in an upside down world.


2 posted on 03/21/2022 7:15:23 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Smells like BS to me.


3 posted on 03/21/2022 7:15:26 PM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Pompeo is somewhere between Lindsey Graham and Dan Crenshaw on my trust list. Closer to Eyepatch McCain on a good day, which the day he made this statement apparently wasn’t. :)


4 posted on 03/21/2022 7:19:07 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Don’t forget. The US is in NATO to keep the Germans in check. Damn Krauts.


5 posted on 03/21/2022 7:33:17 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Learnt??? Is that a word of just another of our great students of Journalism school.


6 posted on 03/21/2022 7:37:46 PM PDT by TermLimits4All (We all know the solution to preserve freedom. Who though has the will to fight for it.)
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To: TermLimits4All

Learnt is the Brit spelling which is what they use in Singapore.


7 posted on 03/21/2022 7:40:03 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It was said that NATO was formed to” keep the Americans in, the Germans down and the Russians out of Western Europe”


8 posted on 03/21/2022 9:15:54 PM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Bkmk


9 posted on 03/22/2022 2:14:45 AM PDT by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.)
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