US Seeks To Cut Off Oil To North Korea, Blacklist Kim Jong-Un

[Purveyor]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) (AFP) -

The United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to slap an oil embargo on North Korea and freeze the assets of leader Kim Jong-Un, in response to Pyongyang's sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

A US-drafted resolution obtained by AFP also called for banning textile exports and ending payments made to North Korean laborers sent abroad, further depriving the regime of revenue to pursue its military programs.

The United States circulated the proposed resolution to the 14 other council members two days after Ambassador Nikki Haley called for the "strongest possible measures" to be imposed on North Korea.

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China, North Korea's main ally and trading partner, and Russia argue that sanctions alone will not resolve the North Korea crisis and are calling for talks with Pyongyang.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20170906-us-seeks-cut-off-oil-north-korea-blacklist-kim-jong-un

[titaniumsalute]

1. China won't do that

If North Korea collapses then they have to deal with a massive group of exiles going north. They don't want that.

[iluvtennis]

2. Limiting the oil supply to NK, have no problem with. Issue with freezing Kim Jong-Un's funds...

..it's his money, not the US'. It's reminds me of when the US stole oil from Iraq. It's not right. The oil limitation will hurt him hard, that's enough of a message.

[FLPanhandle]

3. Frankly, that all should have been long ago

Back when North Korea first started developing nuclear weapons.

It's almost too late now.

[christx30]

9. They were doing this during Clinton,

Bush, and Obama.
Raise a stink about developing nukes. The world comes out against it. The president offers a deal it knows North Korea won't abide by, we give them aid of some kind. Then a couple of years later, repeat. They kept developing nukes, ICBMs, ect. Trump just isn't staying on the script that's been going on for the last 20 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Eisenhower ended the Korean War

with conciliation and dialogue

Anyone want to bet Trump will do the opposite?

[IronLionZion]

6. Trump's trying hard to start another war

he needs to boost his poll numbers and distract from his daily scandals

[FLPanhandle]

7. To be fair, the Korean War ended because Stalin died.

Mao was being bled hard by the conflict both in terms of soldiers and money and wanted to end the conflict much earlier. Stalin insisted the war continue.

Once Stalin died it was just a few months later the hostilities ended. If Stalin had lived, then no matter what Eisenhower did, the war was going to go on.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. c.f., "Eisenhower in War and Peace" Jean Edward Smith

His historical research is impeccable

[FLPanhandle]

10. Thanks

As a history buff, I'm always looking for well researched books.

[TexasProgresive]

5. Wasn't FDR's cutting off Japan's source of oil one of the factors that pushed them to war?

[Bengus81]

11. I'd love to see talks just to see what trips that little POS trigger.....

Take some hookers,booze and weed. Something has to chill that asshat out.