Stark Reality
“If those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster,” Pompeo said. He made mention of the U,N Security Council demands on the North to denuclearize.
“People are going to make stray comments after meetings,” Pompeo said. “If I paid attention to the press, I’d go nuts.”
He said the U.S. will continue to apply pressure through sanctions until a deal was reached.
“Sanctions will remain in place until final fully verified denuclearization as agreed to by Chairman Kim Jong Un has occurred,” he said.
Revere felt that Trump needed to change his tune about what he accomplished at the summit as that wasn’t the case.
“The President needs to restrain himself from declaring ‘Mission Accomplished’ when the mission hasn’t really started,” he said.
“Yeah, technically, it could be done in a year if North Korea didn’t have its own ideas about the pace and what the United States needs to do to get there,” Daryl Kimball said.
Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association said he wasn’t the least bit surprised with the North’s response.
He added, “What we’re seeing is the reality of negotiations. It’s not surprising to see the North Koreans push back in reminding the United States it has some steps to take in order to help build a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.”
