From:
slider@nanashram.com
Washington (CNN)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled that the US is open to dialogue
with North Korea, a day after the regime in Pyongyang once again issued bristling threats against Washington.
Tillerson broke off during remarks to reporters about the administration's strategy in Afghanistan to make an observation about the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/tillerson-north-korea-signal/index.html
"I think it is worth noting, we have had no missile launches or
provocative acts on the part of, or provocative actions, on the part of
North Korea since the UN Security Council resolution" sanctioning
Pyongyang on August 5, Tillerson said Tuesday at the State Department.
US: Diplomacy remains key to N. Korea crisis
"I am pleased to see that the regime in Pyongyang has demonstrated
restraint," Tillerson said. "We hope this is the signal we have been
looking for, that they are ready to restrain provocative acts. And perhaps
we are seeing a pathway in the near future to having some dialogue."
Tillerson made the comments a day after the US began annual military
exercises with South Korea which often rile North Korea. He also spoke
just hours after the Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russian and Chinese firms that do business with North Korea, enabling it
to fund its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
Nerves in Asia were on edge in July after North Korea tested two ICBM
missiles that could in theory reach the US mainland. The launches prompted
the unanimous August vote in the Security Council to slap Pyongyang with sanctions that could slash its $3 billion export revenue by as much as one-third.
Pyongyang warns against US-South Korea drills
Then tensions soared in early August after President Donald Trump declared
that North Korea would face "fire and fury like the world has never seen"
if it continued to threaten the US. Pyongyang responded the next day with
more threats, including a warning that it would target Guam. The threats
have only continued.
A day before the US and South Korea began long-planned annual military exercises on Monday, North Korea warned that the US was risking an "uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war." North Korean state-run media said
that the country's military could strike the US at anytime and that
neither Guam, Hawaii nor the US mainland could avoid the "merciless
strike."
But as Tillerson pointed out Tuesday, the DPRK hasn't taken any action. "I
want to take note of that and acknowledge it," Tillerson said. "We need to
see more on their part but I want to it acknowledge the steps they have
taken thus far. That it's important to take note of it."
### - dunno how ya's all read that? 'could' be genuine, 'trying' to turn
it off... silly bollocks *hasn't* actually done anything overt (squeaked a
bit heh but that's all...) - but also maybe sounds a bit like the offer of
a last chance hotel perhaps? (we 'hope' that's what you're saying;
otherwise we still comin'! - kinda thing?) - a last chance to roll over!
and/or then... what ?
the whole world's holding its breath?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMbQsKJ64S0
and dat's jus' plain weird :)))
walkin' on eggshells here boss!
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