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Kim Jong Un Is “All-In.” What’s
Next for Korea?
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Photo:
AP
There’s a
“darker purpose” in Kim Jong Un’s Saturday announcement of
a moratorium on nuclear and ballistic missile testing, writes Gordon Chang,
a
Cipher Brief expert and author of Nuclear
Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.
Chang believes this announcement wasn’t aimed primarily at Trump:
- “More
likely, however, Kim’s intended audience is Moon Jae-in – intended to help Moon take
further steps toward eventual reunification with the north, ahead
of the Friday talks with the South Korean at the Peace House,
south of the Military Demarcation Line in Panmunjom, the
Demilitarized Zone’s Truce Village.”
- “So
what is the Kimster up to? The core goal of the
Kims, ever since the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea in 1948, is the takeover of the Republic of Korea. In the
North, that is called ‘final victory,’ and it is a term Kim has
been using with some frequency.”
- “Moon
Jae-in last Thursday said Kim Jong Un is not demanding the removal of American
troops in return for giving up nuclear weapons, a significant
concession, but it appears Moon himself is working to get them out
of his country. Moon in public says the right things about the
South’s alliance with America, but he has undertaken actions
fundamentally inconsistent with his obligations as a treaty
partner.”
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The OSS, 9/11 & Gina Haspel:
Intelligence Under Fire
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Alex Bolling, a former CIA
station chief, adds his two cents to the discussion over Gina
Haspel’s fitness to lead the CIA—and larger questions concerning the relationship
between the intelligence community and Congress:
- “[Haspel’s]
upcoming senate confirmation hearing is an opportunity to
define how we as a nation collect intelligence and how we respond
to threats to our country in an era of perpetual conflict.”
- “When
the U.S. Senate, representatives of the American people, question
the DCIA designate about actions taken in 2002, they should do so
through the proper historical lens. The questions should not
focus on what the agency did in 2002. An exhaustive CIA
Inspector General investigation and a comprehensive investigation
by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has already
answered those questions.”
- “The
full Senate should ask tough questions about the role and
responsibilities of the CIA moving forward after
nearly two decades of war. The questions should focus on how the
CIA can be aligned to collect information vital to keep our nation
safe against a staggering array of threats.”
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