North Korea SHOCK warning: Kim lulling US into false calmness to RAMP UP weapons programme
NORTH KOREA is trying to lull “gullible Americans” into thinking diplomacy could help defuse risks of World War 3 with latest leader speech, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton warned.
By AURORA BOSOTTI
Express.co.uk
Tue, Jan 2, 2018
North Korea has been fueling fears of World War 3 by defying calls to close off its nuclear weapons development programme.
And Mr Bolton said North Korea’s recent offer to open diplomatic talks with Seoul is part of a strategy to falsely reassure the United States and South Korea.
He said: “This latest statement from Kim Jong-un about negotiating with South Korea is nothing but propaganda to lull the gullible government of South Korea and a lot of gullible Americans into thinking that there is some kind of opening.
“Kim Jong-un knows how close he is, he will do whatever he thinks he needs now to buy just a little bit more time.”
Kim Jong-un has warned a “nuclear button is always on my desk” as he threatened the US during his New Year’s address in Pyongyang.
But he also appeared to extend an olive branch to neighbouring Seoul, suggesting Pyongyang could ultimately send a team to the Winter Olympics scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang in February 2018.
The former ambassador said US President Donald Trump had “inherited a mess” in North Korea and should prepare to use pre-emptive military action to stop the rogue nation’s nuclear ambitions.
Mr Bolton told Fox News: “If North Korea really achieves fully-deliverable nuclear weapons, half a century of American counterproliferation policy will have crashed and burned.
“This is his regular New Year’s speech and obviously, he has seen the conversation in the United States that looks at possible preemptive military force.
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