BE CAREFUL! – AT 11:29 A.M. ET:  The North Korean regime, apparently feeling the heat from President Trump, is making overtures to the South Korean government.  That government is known to go wobbly, using Margaret Thatcher's phrase, and does not have the spine of the Trump administration.  From Fox: 

South Korea on Tuesday proposed high-level talks with North Korea to strategize ways to cooperate during the upcoming Winter Olympics, the olive branch coming after Kim Jong Un expressed a desire to send his own athletes to the games — which the South’s sports minister said could usher in peace and prosperity on the peninsula after a year of nuclear war threats.

South Korea’s unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon, during a nationally televised news conference, suggested the two rival countries meet on Jan. 9 at the shared border village of Panmunjom to discuss Olympic cooperation and how to improve overall ties.

"We hope that South and North Korea will sit down to discuss the North's participation in the games and ways to improve inter-Korean ties in a frank manner," Cho said, according to Yonhap News Agency. "The government has a willingness to have dialogue with the North regardless of timing, place and format.”

North Korea has not responded to the South’s proposal. Kim said during his New Year’s Day address he is willing to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang — to be held between Feb. 9 and 25 — and “sincerely” hoped the games “will be a success.” It was the first time the despot expressed some interest in sending athletes to the games after repeated calls from South Korea.

COMMENT:  It's a time for caution.  The North does nothing out of the goodness of its heart.  It wants something, maybe a respite from the constant American pressure, and it knows there are those in South Korea who would sell America down the river for a phony peace treaty.

Keep up the pressure.  Keep our naval forces in place.  Make clear that nothing changes unless the North gives up its nuclear and missile programs.  Ignore all advice from the Obama appeasers.

January 2,  2018