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Defector: North Korea will never give up their nukes
The Blaze ^ | May 14, 2018 | Breck Dumas

Posted on 05/15/2018 11:07:53 AM PDT by TBP

Leading up to the much-anticipated meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore next month, a former North Korean official says the country is only putting on a show about getting rid of their nuclear weapons.

Thae Yong-Ho defected from North Korea in 2016, where he was the deputy ambassador to Great Britain. He said, “In the end, North Korea will remain a nuclear power packaged as a non-nuclear power.”

He explained that the North “would oppose intrusive inspections as they would be viewed as a process of breaking down Kim Jong Un’s absolute power in front of the eyes of ordinary North Koreans and elites.”

The remarks from Yong-Hu come during the recent release of his memoir, in which he states, “More people should realize that North Korea is desperately clinging to its nuclear program more than anything.”

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


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: china; japan; korea; maga; northkorea; nukes; pyongyang; republicofkorea; russia
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Although President Trump's approach to North Korea has potential, this is why I'm a little skeptical. Communists never keep their word. Every word they say is a lie, including "and" and "the."

What sensible reason is there for Little Rocket Man to give up his nukes? Even if we see video of him destroying them, how do we know he doesn't have others in reserve? Even if he agrees to inspections, how do we know there aren't secret locations we don't know to inspect?

Fred Schultz was right -- you can trust the Communists to be Communists.

1 posted on 05/15/2018 11:07:53 AM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP

Oops, Fred Schwartz.


2 posted on 05/15/2018 11:08:15 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: TBP

Glenn Beck. Never Trumper till the end.


3 posted on 05/15/2018 11:10:42 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw
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To: TBP

I really feel somehow we’re being played. They did a 180 degree turn around on a dime. You just rarely ever see such a dramatic policy shift overnight.


4 posted on 05/15/2018 11:12:32 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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Rumors were that the collapse of their testing site tunnels killed all their scientists and technicians, and they don’t have anything left...............


5 posted on 05/15/2018 11:16:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

6 posted on 05/15/2018 11:17:18 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

More useless bloviation from Blenn Dreck!


7 posted on 05/15/2018 11:18:10 AM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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He defected in 2016. I believe that is before China read the North Korean dictator the riot act. Also before his sister saw the fruits of capitalism during the winter Olympics.


8 posted on 05/15/2018 11:19:04 AM PDT by jonsie
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Time frame of defection was pre-Trump. The world has changed.


9 posted on 05/15/2018 11:23:03 AM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: Red Badger

Couple hundred of them if I recall that report correctly.


10 posted on 05/15/2018 11:29:43 AM PDT by afterhoursarmory
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To: Red Badger

I’m convinced their nuke and missile programs were a proxy for Iran. Iran had pallets of cash to spend on the programs.


11 posted on 05/15/2018 11:32:21 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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Yep.......


12 posted on 05/15/2018 11:32:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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We all know the “agreement” will come down to inspections, which Rocket Man will not allow. But take it a step at a time.


13 posted on 05/15/2018 11:41:37 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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Kim had a nuclear weapons PROGRAM. He did not have any nuclear weapons THAT WORKED. Repeated tests, underground, eventually destroyed the mountain. This is why he wants to DEMOLISH the facility BEFORE he lets anyone into the country to 'inspect' anything. It would be embarrassing politically for him to have the rest of the world find out.

It is also the reason he has capitulated so quickly on giving up the nuclear program. I know that everyone will DOUBT ME on this, but explain why there are no traces of radioactivity coming out of the area where the alleged tests were done.

14 posted on 05/15/2018 11:43:29 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Well, they either give up the nukes or they don’t, we’ll see. Trump said if he has to walk he will.


15 posted on 05/15/2018 11:44:01 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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The Trump crew has already stated that the Norks have to give up their refinement equipment, kill the program so it can’t be re-constituted and send any nukes/nuclear material to us....time will tell but the conditions that are bringing Kim to the table will only get worse if he refuses.....


16 posted on 05/15/2018 11:45:14 AM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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What I’m concerned about is that he’ll give us everything we want, but secretly not comply. This is what Communists do.


17 posted on 05/15/2018 11:46:55 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Red Badger

Sanctions work...that’s the long and short of it.


18 posted on 05/15/2018 11:47:41 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: SgtHooper
We all know the “agreement” will come down to inspections, which Rocket Man will not allow

And just how the heck would you know that?
Read this:
North Korea Starts to Dismantle Nuclear-Test Site

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/north-korea-starts-to-dismantle-nuclear-test-site-1526377862?espv=1

19 posted on 05/15/2018 11:56:06 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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I doubt he’d get away with it - Trump will insist on full access as an on-going deal before he loosens his grip on Kim’s gonads...Kim will either comply or see the pain intensify....a military coup against Kim might be the biggest problem and then the country would finish its disintegration.


20 posted on 05/15/2018 11:57:31 AM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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