Trump downplays North Korean denial of negotiating terms

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6. The all or nothing approach promoted by Bolton won the day

It's the neo-con approach, actually little more than regime change in disguise.

It's the US that follows the so called "one-bundle" approach, and it's the North that emphasizes a step by step phased approach of reciprocal trust building measures. It is the US that has followed the all or nothing approach, not North Korea. Everyone outside the US knows this. It was downplay expectations, small deal, small deal, to get them back to the table. When they got there it was I want the big deal, just like before, no sanctions relief.

This has been its position from the very outset. Before each summit, the administration has hinted that they might take a step by step approach only to get the North to come to the table, once at the table they reneged each time. Pompeo reneged last July after the June summit bringing about the so called stall in the talks, and now they've done it again.

"Now that many of the critics of that initiative have got what they wanted—a tougher approach to North Korea—they have to accept the consequences, whatever they may be."


What Happened in Hanoi?
BY: JOEL S. WIT AND JENNY TOWN
FEBRUARY 28, 2019

https://www.38north.org/2019/02/editor022819/

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