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Old 08-28-2017, 09:24 PM   #33
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I don't think NK is crazy either, they're saber rattling in response to the threatening and saber rattling they see (US tests missiles, flies bombers close by, has war games next door, etc).

One thing that's been happening though is that they may be signalling that they're willing to talk about a diplomatic solution. Recent statements from NK:

“The measures taken by the DPRK (North Korea) to strengthen its nuclear deterrence and develop inter-continental rockets is justifiable and a legitimate option for self-defense in the face of such apparent and real threats,” Ju told the Geneva forum, referring to “constant nuclear threats” by the United States.

“...As long as the U.S. hostile policy and nuclear threat remains unchallenged, the DPRK will never place its self-defensive nuclear deterrence on the negotiating table.”


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-n...-idUSKCN1B82II

Kim also said North Korea "would neither put its nukes and ballistic rockets on the table of negotiations in any case nor flinch even an inch from the road of bolstering the nuclear force chosen by itself unless the U.S. hostile policy and nuclear threat to the DPRK are definitely terminated," the Korean Central News Agency reported.

http://abcnews.go.com/amp/Internatio...table-48444781

These seem different than previous statements. Does it mean NK is trying to say it's willing to sit down and negotiate? Negotiating with something they have rather than something they may eventually have is a stronger place to negotiate from.

Though it's not like they haven't broken deals before, but really is there any other option except to try again?

Or they're firing more missiles just because they know it bugs Trump
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