Do You Believe Megalomaniac Dictator Kim Jong-Un Can Appeased By Soft Words & Negotiations?

[willbewhatiwill]

A brutal megalomaniac dictator only understands the stark/blunt reality of being defeated militarily and the resulting consequences for himself (not his 'subjects'/victims/supporters). ‘A leopard cannot change its spots’.

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/11/trump-warns-north-korea-nervous-urges-china/ reported that Ronald Trump said, "If North Korea does anything in terms of even thinking about an attack on anybody we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very, very nervous...and they should be… because things will happen to them like they never thought possible.”

Donald Trump is basically 'reading the riot act' by saying read my lips. US is ready and armed to the hilt military – so don’t take us on. If you do so, it will be to your overwhelming peril, disaster, destruction. I then will take 'no stone unturned' to ensure you, Kim Jong-Un, be taken out ('by hook or by crook') from being leader of North Korea.

[Old_Geezer]

Time will tell. Diplomats can often achieve even when leaders and sounding off.

[naomi24]

Marshwarble, //No, but I would celebrate his takeover as an alternative to Brexit. //

Bet you wouldn't.

[Kromovaracun]

It is not all that clear (or at least to the public anyway) what the North Korean government actually wants, so negotiation doesn't seem feasible. One hopes that the powers-that-be will have more information but I'm not optimistic.

[mikey4444]

Kromo...what Ding Dang Dong wants is to be allowed to have nuclear weapons, in order to defend itself from aggressors, in the same way as America does.

[Old_Geezer]

But until recently America was much more stable than NK so a much lower risk.

[Kromovaracun]

.... which they have, so there's nothing to negotiate there.

[mikey4444]

Kromo....you asked what NK wanted, and it seems to me that DDD has always wanted nuclear weapons, as his father did before. I am not defending him, and indeed, I would prefer he didn't have these weapons, but, as you say, he does.

[ummmm]

Just so I understand....DDD is Kim? Why on earth?

[mikey4444]

TTT called him Ding Ding Dong a few days ago, and as he is stark raving bonkers, the name seems fit somehow.

[albaqwerty]

I heard on the news, on the radio, this morning that China has told Trump to watch his language.

Bet that's going to go down well.....

[DTCwordfan]

3 mother bombs should do it. No need to use nuclear.

[EDDIE51]

As I said previously, the North Korean people are the innocent victims here, it is they who are going to suffer if there is a shooting war.
The poor *** do not even know there are more than 5 countries in the world. The 2 Koreas , Russia,China and the Great Satan (USA) . There is no internet, very few phones,( with no international connection )and nothing but the State propaganda to look at or listen to. They are forbidden from leaving the country and anyone who even fails to act sufficiently enthusiastic about Kim is punished by haveing 3 generations of their family liquidated. The person themselves all the relatives of their own generation, all their parents and children are executed.
Until a few years ago the only phones were in post offices and you had to book a phone call a week in advance!!

[willbewhatiwill]

EDDIE51,

Kim Jung-Un likes to show off his people as well dressed & cultured in the 1950s/1960s style.

In fact, from what you say, most of them are living in destitute in slumps, as well as having to be very careful what and where they say.

The life span of such dictator could well come to an abrupt end, like for Nicolae Ceausescu (dictator of Romania between 1974 to 1989) - when the peasant revolted & put him up for trial and then execution on 25 December 1989.

[albaqwerty]

Romania had access to the outside world. NK does not.

[Togo]

In the immortal words of Kenny Everett "Bomb the Bstards"

[EDDIE51]

Travel to NK is very difficult and what few visitors are allowed in have to be accompanied by a government guard at all times. They can not decide for themselves where to go.Visitors can not speak to ordinary NK citizens. The people they do meet are all government stooges programmed / forced to say what the government wants them to say.