CNN: CIA chief signals desire for regime change in North Korea
Washington (CNN)CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Thursday evening offered some of the most aggressive comments yet from the Trump administration with regard to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Although Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has in the past said the US was against forcing Kim out of power or the collapse of his government, Pompeo said that the administration needed to find a way to separate Kim from his growing nuclear stockpile.
"It would be a great thing to denuclearize the peninsula, to get those weapons off of that, but the thing that is most dangerous about it is the character who holds the control over them today," Pompeo said in a discussion moderated by conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens at the Aspen Security Forum.
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WNU Editor: If true .... this is a major shift away from what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been saying for the past few months.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo Hints That The U.S. Wants Regime Change In North Korea
The CIA director just dropped some heavy hints that the US is looking into regime change in North Korea -- Business Insider
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CIA Director: The North Koreans Would Love To See Kim Jong Un Go -- Newsweek
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Every time we try "regime change" we just end up making things worse than they were. If regime change is going to happen, China, Russia, the other major powers, and especially South Korea are going to need to be on board with this, especially South Korea as they are going to bear the brunt of North Korea's retaliation for attempted regime change.
Additionally it is going to be a good idea to already have the new government picked out and ready to go BEFORE initiating the plan of regime change. This would be in contrast to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and perhaps others where there was absolutely no plan for anything post invasion. As to who the new government will be, China, Russia, and probably South Korea will need to be in agreement with who will govern the North Korea once the old government is removed.
If this is something we MUST do, then it will be prudent to plan properly and ensure that the major world powers are on board with it and fully support it. I'm skeptical that this is something we MUST do. We've had very bad experiences with "regime change." Part of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
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