U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media before welcoming ceremony of Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
CNN: Mattis says there's never been more optimism on North Korea
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Friday that there is more optimism than ever before when it comes to dealing with North Korea.
"I don't have a crystal ball. We are optimistic right now that there's opportunity here that we've never enjoyed since 1950," Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon immediately prior to his meeting with Poland's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.
1950 was the year the Korean War started, a war that was de facto ended in 1953 with an armistice but is still technically ongoing as a peace treaty was never signed.
"We're going to have to see what they produce and that's going to take diplomats working," Mattis added.
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Update #1: Mattis: North Korea opening the best chance to reduce tensions in decades (The Hill)
Update #2: Diplomats to grapple with U.S. troop presence in South Korea: U.S. defense secretary (Reuters)
WNU Editor: His comments do raise an imporant question .... what will happen to the U.S. forces in South Korea if these talks succeed? I guess they will be coming home.
That's the idea. Finally tne American Humiliation in this will FINALLY be over!! We will no longer aerve as South Korea's chump. South Korea has used and abused us for far to long. If our people can FINALLY come home with a degree of dignity, all the better.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be 8-10 years before any US troops come home. Regardless of any success in these talks. Even Kim has acknowledged that.
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ReplyDeletethey hardly have humiliated us. we have a treaty with them. We have helped make them one of the world's great economies. Our people come home? We have troops there and in many other nations. They come home when their tour of duty is up....When Russia and China bring all their people, money, troops, ships, back home, then perhaps we will too. We do not withdraw from obligations to suit enemy nations or notions by their commenting representatives