Former George W. Bush adviser: North Korea is not going to give up its nuclear weapons

[mystery-ak]

Former George W. Bush adviser: North Korea is not going to give up its nuclear weapons
By Mallory Shelbourne - 05/27/18 02:09 PM EDT

A former adviser to President George W. Bush said in a Sunday show interview that he does not believe North Korea will dismantle its nuclear weapons program.

“But in terms of the substance, the key issue is, are they going to give up their nuclear weapons?” Victor Cha, who served as the National Security Council’s director of Asian affairs during Bush’s second term, told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“And I think unfortunately the answer is no,” he added.

Cha, who now works for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said Pyongyang wants a peace treaty with the United States because it would legitimize North Korea as a state with nuclear weapons.

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http://thehill.com/policy/international/asia-pacific/389575-former-george-w-bush-adviser-north-korea-is-not-going-to

[TomSea]

It was reported in January 2018 that his nomination for U.S. Ambassador to South Korea was expected to be withdrawn by the Trump administration.[12] Cha had reportedly in December 2017 privately expressed disagreement with the Trump administration's consideration to launch a limited strike at North Korea and to withdraw from the trade agreement with South Korea.[12][13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Cha

https://www.csis.org/people/victor-cha

He sounds fine. One of the high-ranking-defectors said similar.

Let's hope we can buck the trend.

[Cyber Liberty]

Hello?  Did anybody think this was going to be easy-peasy?

[Fishrrman]

Former George W. Bush adviser:
"North Korea is not going to give up its nuclear weapons"

Nobody's-advisor-but-me, Fishrrman:
If North Korea won't give up its nuclear weapons voluntarily, we WILL persuade them to "give them up" INvoluntarily...