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The kid is NON stop.Very proud of I InTheHallway . Excellent work today.
The kid is NON stop.
Give him a leadership position in the Coal Gang ASAP.
Lots of libbie tears flowing today in here.
aepps20 and I InTheHallway in this thread today:
Who's gonna be the first one in here defending the President's penis?
While symbolic, the dismantling of the missile engine test site and launch pad wouldn’t represent a material step toward denuclearization of North Korea, which after a torrent of weapons tests last year declared its nuclear force as complete. The North has invested much effort to improve the mobility of its most powerful missiles, which are designed to be launched from vehicles. The level of access that foreign experts will have at the North Korean sites is also unclear.
The move wouldn’t be entirely meaningless if Washington and Seoul could successfully argue that, in allowing outside experts, Kim accepted in principle that agreements should be verified. This could make it harder for Kim to reject inspections once the denuclearization process proceeds. The North unilaterally dismantled a nuclear testing ground earlier this year, but didn’t invite experts to observe the event.
Under the deals, the two sides would establish “buffer zones” on land and at sea, and a “no-fly zone” above the borderline to prevent accidental clashes. The Koreas would stop live-fire and field maneuver exercises in areas 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the military demarcation line and in waters close to the maritime boundary. The countries also would put covers on coastal-based artillery guns.
They also agreed to “disarm” their jointly controlled area at the border village of Panmunjom, the site of the two past Kim-Moon summits. It’s also where North Korean soldiers sprayed bullets at a colleague fleeing to the South last November. According to Seoul documents, the Koreas would pull back weapons and guard posts in the area and let 35 “unarmed personnel” from each side guard the village and let tourists freely cross concrete slabs forming the demarcation line there.
The deals also require both countries to withdraw 11 guard posts located within 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) of the military demarcation line by Dec. 31. The two Koreas eventually aim to withdraw all guard posts where combat troops are stationed. The Koreas also decided to launch their first-ever joint searches for soldiers killed during the Korean War next April at a DMZ area where one of the fiercest battles occurred.