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Breaking:North Korea Nuke Launch Site Dismantling Progress "Goes Beyond Summit Commitment"
Posted on 8/8/18 at 5:51 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 5:51 am
"Amid desperate attempts by the neocons and their media lapdogs to disparage President Trump's agreements with North Korea's leader, claiming Kim is violating the terms, 38North has confirmed that not only is progress being made on dismantling its nuclear missile launch facilities, but "activity at the launch pad appears to go beyond that commitment."
As we previously noted, these stories of supposed North Korean betrayal by NBC, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal are egregious cases of distorting news by pushing a predetermined policy line. But those news outlets, far from being outliers, are merely reflecting the norms of the entire corporate news system."
The stories of how North Korea is now violating an imaginary pledge by Kim to Trump in Singapore are even more outrageous, because big media had previously peddled the opposite line: that Kim at the Singapore Summit made no firm commitment to give up his nuclear weapons and that the “agreement” in Singapore was the weakest of any thus far.
That claim, which blithely ignored the fundamental distinction between a brief summit meeting statement and past formal agreements with North Korea that took months to reach, was a media maneuver of unparalleled brazenness. And big media have since topped that feat of journalistic legerdemain by claiming that North Korea has demonstrated bad faith by failing to halt all nuclear and missile-related activities.
Which makes today's news from expert satellite imagery analyst Joseph Bermudez Jr even more notable.
Commercial satellite imagery from August 3 indicates additional dismantlement activities are ongoing at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station since last observed. At the vertical engine test stand, used for testing and development of engines for ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles, the North Koreans have continued to tear down the steel base structure and appear to be removing fuel and oxidizer tanks from dismantled bunkers."
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Posted on 8/8/18 at 5:53 am to Volkosoby
But Trump got played & shite
Posted on 8/8/18 at 5:57 am to Volkosoby
The media does nothing but lie anymore.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 5:57 am to Volkosoby
I'm just gonna say I hate the news. You can't believe anything you read. In one day you can have articles saying the exact opposite thing.
Isn't it amazing that we live in the most information rich age in history, yet it's almost impossible to figure out what the frick is actually going on?
Isn't it amazing that we live in the most information rich age in history, yet it's almost impossible to figure out what the frick is actually going on?
Posted on 8/8/18 at 5:59 am to Volkosoby
Why is there such mixed reporting? I read (on a MSM site) that Bolton just admitted they weren’t fulfilling their pledges as of Monday.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:00 am to rintintin
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Isn't it amazing that we live in the most information rich age in history, yet it's almost impossible to figure out what the frick is actually going on?
This post was edited on 8/8/18 at 6:01 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:12 am to LSU Patrick
100%, they are pathetic and disgusting
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:20 am to SirWinston
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Why is there such mixed reporting? I read (on a MSM site) that Bolton just admitted they weren’t fulfilling their pledges as of Monday.
I'd bet a month's salary he did not actually say this, or if those words did come out of his mouth, it was taken so far out of context and contorted and presented in such a way to make it sound like what the "reporter" of the piece wanted to convey.
That's what reporting has become today: let's get an angle first, then report and present any information we can in the way that confirms that angle. It's disgusting what has become of a once proud industry and profession.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:23 am to SirWinston
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Why is there such mixed reporting?
Because the lib media tries to get in all their negative press in as soon as possible before actual progress is complete.
If they waited until getting confirmation, CNN and the bunch would just be reporting wins by this administration.
Can't have that.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:27 am to ibldprplgld
you would lose, he said just that. also the s.o.s. and the u.n. basically said the same thing.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:34 am to 56lsu
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you would lose, he said just that. also the s.o.s. and the u.n. basically said the same thing.
I love me some 56lsu grammar to start the day
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:35 am to 56lsu
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you would lose, he said just that. also the s.o.s. and the u.n. basically said the same thing.
How about a link to the unabridged speech or full transcript.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:37 am to Volkosoby
Way to selectively quote. The referenced 38North article actually states:
Of course, people who are just looking for validation don't care about such things. They just want to hear what they want to hear. The truth seems to be that it's too early to know very much either way.
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activity at the launch pad appears to go beyond that commitment. These activities, however, must be viewed cautiously as “first steps” since neither are presently permanent or irreversible. The demolition of the test stand’s concrete foundations, launch pad’s gantry tower, pad foundation and exhaust deflector, etc., would represent more permanent and irreversible actions as there is no known facility with equivalent capabilities elsewhere in the country. The coming months should provide more firm indications whether these are indeed the “first steps” in reducing the North Korean ballistic missile threat.
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While the launch pad activity seems to be related to dismantlement, as it stands right now, we cannot rule out the possibility that it could be the beginning of a project to modify the structure for other purposes.
Of course, people who are just looking for validation don't care about such things. They just want to hear what they want to hear. The truth seems to be that it's too early to know very much either way.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:37 am to ibldprplgld
google is your friend.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:39 am to BurningHeart
can't dispute it so we are going with the grammer, spelling defense.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:40 am to 56lsu
Like DC09 you are so sad that this is happening.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:43 am to 56lsu
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can't dispute it so we are going with the grammer, spelling defense.
You know that little red squiggly line under the word means it is misspelled. AND you can right click on it to learn the correct way!
But to your question, I wish I had more time to sit down and read your stuff and debate facts... maybe in a few hours.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:48 am to 56lsu
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google is your friend.
Thought so. You can't substantiate your claim.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:50 am to Volkosoby
That is not what the most powerful neocon in the USA John Bolton said yesterday.
Are you trying to make the administration look like liars?
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National security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that North Korea has not made progress toward denuclearization in a dismal acknowledgment that comes nearly two months after President Trump held a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
Are you trying to make the administration look like liars?
Posted on 8/8/18 at 6:52 am to I B Freeman
Was Bolton talking about this site I B Soyboy? Or perhaps something else?
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