Waltz on Pence Seated Near Jong Un’s Sister: ‘Propaganda Win for the N. Koreans’

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WALTZ: "You know, I think obviously I’m not privy to the discussions but having done this in the past, yes, it is heavily discussed. It is heavily mapped out. I think, you know, let’s see how this unfolded, but at the end of the day, this is a propaganda win for the North Koreans. And the concern here is that Kim Jong un, who is a liberal, I mean, I’m sorry, president moon of south Korea who is a liberal in his, you know, in south Korea needs an olympic games that goes off without a hitch. He is desperate to see some type of talks move forward. And what I’m worried about is that the wedge that’s going to happen from a policy standpoint from the United States and from the south Koreans moving forward, I’m worried about the day after the Olympics this president moon of south Korea tries to move towards continuing talks and moving towards aid shipments and when they call a sunshine policy, we’re going to have a real problem on our hands. Because we need to see sanctions dialed right back up and the pressure on China and North Korea dialed right back up because this is what the North Koreans have done. As soon as it gets too hot. Then they extend a hand for talks and they buy time. And as the director of the CIA has said repeatedly, we are only about a year from an operational icbm that can strike anywhere in the United States. I’m not willing to bet an American city that Kim Jong un will abide by deterrence theory."