Art of the Nork Deal

In a few days President Trump meets Kim Jong in Singapore.

It seems Kim has had a change of heart. Our own speculation as to his thought process:

1-Trump responded to Kim's verbal bellicosity in kind. See, 'Fire and fury'. This is unprecedented.

2-Trump put extreme pressure on China to reign in their boy.

3-The North Korean nuclear test site collapse wiped out most of Kim's nuclear brain trust and was no accident. See 'Rods from God'.

4-In the secret meetings disclosed earlier this year, Mike Pompeo and Kim laid out the parameters for negotiations.

We think those parameters are Kim's Nukes, our nukes in Korea and Kim's hold on power.

The deal: Kim gets rid of his nukes and nuke technology and throws open the whole apparatus for vigorous international inspection. In return the US removes its nukes from Korea and promises to never invade North Korea.*

This is more or less the deal that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.

We think The Art of the Deal includes everyone walking away from the table happy.

*Kim probably has nightmares about being pulled out of a ditch and raped by angry rebels-Qadhafi style.

Kim to Trump: I got a Deal for you..

According to published reports Kim Jong Un is offering to get rid of his nukes if we move our nukes out of the Peninsula and promise not to invade. 

Now, we don't know if Kim came up with this himself. We think it's possible that Trump really has Kim on the ropes and that then CIA Director Mike Pompeo came up with this plan but Trump's letting Kim present it to save face.

That potential deal rhymes with history. It's basically the deal we offered Khrushchev after the Cuban Missile Crisis. No nukes in Cuba, we promise not to invade, and we pull our old Jupiter Missiles out of Turkey.

This is a strong precedent.

We suppose one could argue that withdrawing our nukes from Korea is a high price to pay. But come on, does anyone really believe we'd use nukes?

What about the North Korean numerical military advantage? In 1985, 1995, sure they could achieve victory. But the Norks are using ancient equipment and have an army that is starving. Does anyone really believe the Norks could take on the South Korean Army? Those are some tough bastards: