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“If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks,” Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy, the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo reported, citing a diplomatic source in China.
I think some very serious threats must have been made behind the scenes.
Originally posted by JIMC5499
I think I'll file this one under the "If you believe this I have a bridge for sale." catagory. All that happened here is that China yanked on the leash of it's lap dog and made it heel.
Originally posted by darkbluesky
Just one theory with no jokes.
Originally posted by Gear
This truely is disgusting.
When NK first did the tests everyone was in disagreement with what they did. Personally, although I didn't say much, I thought that they were doing the right thing. Kim was simply demonstrating his power peacefully. But that's not the case here.
The case here is you.
NK tests weapon: "He can't do that! Lets make jokes!"
NK apologises: "He submitted to us! Lets make jokes!"
Please guys. You can't have the best of both worlds. Be thankful he apologised. Be humble about it.
Originally posted by Gear
Originally posted by darkbluesky
Just one theory with no jokes.
Yeah, I'm sorry DarkSky. The way people have been behaving toward this has been annoying me recently, thats all.
But personally I think it's just that NK was proud to announce their success, thinking the world would be impressed, and take them more seriously.
But instead it was viewed as a threat. I don't believe that Kim had any intention of causing in incident, let alone an international incident.
When US gave warnings, NK didn't comply. They just didn't want their submitance to be viewed as a weakness.
However, when China told them to stop, being an ally with trade agreements, saw this as an opportunity to save face - regardless of what US told China to do.
I don't understand North Korea.
It's just shameful that the US let the north korea thing get to this point. I agree with my buddy, Jim, Pelosi and the dems need to admit that they completely failed on this one and then resign and let the Republicans handle things.