Japan, Philippines Urge U.S., North Korea to Avoid Brink of War
Source: Bloomberg
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte joined China in pleading with the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. to tone down their nuclear brinksmanship, even as he agreed with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that negotiations to end the standoff would be useless.
We have to caution everybody including those whod give the advice to the two players because you have nuclear warheads to just show restraint, Duterte said Saturday after wrapping up a meeting of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila.
Abe, in London, said talks with North Korea shouldnt be tried while the communist nation continues its provocative acts. He spoke as Chinas official news agency, Xinhua, urged President Donald Trump to tread cautiously with the U.S. and North Korea locked in a tit-for-tat vicious cycle. Duterte compared the standoff to two countries playing with toys and those toys are not to entertain.
North Koreas latest ballistic missile test early Saturday came hours after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounted an effort at the United Nations to rally pressure against Kim Jong Uns regime. Trump has stepped up pressure to prevent Kim from obtaining the capability to hit North America with a nuclear weapon. He has threatened to act unilaterally if China fails to do more to curb its neighbors activities.
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tenorly
(2,037 posts)Cheeto has loaded up on far too much defense stock to let this opportunity pass him by.
Aristus
(66,093 posts)Few Presidents, other than Jimmy Carter, have ever expressed sincere concern for the people who get caught in the middle when military powers are rattling their sabers.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)has already requested Carter keep out of it because -God forbid - we can't appear to want peace.
kimbutgar
(20,876 posts)How dumb is chump not to look at a map and realize this?
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Touting out the president of the Philippines who is killing his own people over drug use is pretty silly.
yuiyoshida
(41,761 posts)Some Marijuana brownies together. Think we might have a shot at nipping this in the bud???
Where is Cheech and Chong when we need them??