May 24, 2018

KIM GOT EVERYTHING HE WANTED:

Art of the Fail (FRED KAPLAN, MAY 24, 2018, Slate)

[K]im doesn't need this summit. He has already, deceptively or not, cultivated the image of a peace-seeker, through a charm offensive that began with his New Year's Day message and continued through the Winter Olympics, his own summits in China and South Korea (the first meetings with those countries' leaders on their territory), his offer to meet with Trump, his suspension of nuclear and missile tests (though only after announcing that he now had a viable nuclear arsenal), and proposing "denuclearization" (though with a vague timetable and the usual caveats).

All Kim was looking for was to be treated as if his regime were legitimate.  Being portrayed as the peace-maker was just gravy.

Posted by at May 24, 2018 4:40 PM

  

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