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originally posted by: silo13
originally posted by: Plotus
a reply to: silo13
What you say is true. Some do, but I don't want Kim dead or North Korea destroyed, the world would reel, chaos rule supreme and life as we know it would be a nanosecond from twelve on the dooms day clock. I truly hope something Very Productive comes of this. In the end it would likely resemble the symbiosis that Japan had with us after WWII. Commerce, feeding a staving mass of people who's only crime/bad luck, was being born in North Korea.
There's much to be gained here, and long term.
*High Five* - I sure hope and pray so.
I would just loath the people of Korea North being nuked. How utterly tragic that would be.
Let's just keep a great attitude of peace and prayers and all directed towards Kim realizing the best for him and his country is to disarm and reap the benefits America will bestow on them.
originally posted by: Willtell
Trump better cease the silly pompous nonsense and just try to get a decent deal
“Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
originally posted by: strongfp
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
This is crazy. Frankly, I never thought I'd see the day. Let's hope Trump can convince Dear Leader to liberate his people from the clutches of socialism.
You mean a dictatorship ... not socialism.
originally posted by: Willtell
originally posted by: face23785
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: face23785
You don’t understand a meeting isn’t necessarily a good thing.
In diplomacy, a meeting can backfire.
Wait to see what happens before you give Trump any praise
He has messed things up before.
I'm not praising it at all because I think Un is playing him. But you have to acknowledge he's gotten further with his "silly pompous nonsense" than 8 years of "strategic patience" ever did.
Obama stopped Iran from getting a nuke.
originally posted by: Willtell
originally posted by: BlueAjah
a reply to: Willtell
Clinton's "deal" was to release 2 US prisoners. That was it.
Bill Clinton Touts North Korea Deal in 1994
You're wrong.
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Willtell
Newsflash Iran has nukes.
They got them from old Soviet Union blackmarketeers.
😉
a reply to: dianajune
1. We still have prisoners being held by North Korea. What - if anything - is being done to secure their release?
2. Otto Warmbier's murder remains unpunished.
3. North Korea has not only nukes, but also chemical and biological weapons, some of which have already been used (i.e. - the murder of Kim's brother last year.....possible interference on the part of NK in Syria).
4. Why would Kim suddenly do a complete 360? What would he have to gain? He's been working his nukes and other wmd's for a long time. Why would he suddenly give up those programs and let them go to waste?
originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: Bhadhidar
He is offering to talk about complete de-nuclearization, so that option is kinda null
originally posted by: Bhadhidar
originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: Bhadhidar
He is offering to talk about complete de-nuclearization, so that option is kinda null
He’s offering “to talk about complete de-nuclearization”.
That is a far cry from actually giving up the weapons he’s spent his career developing.