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I have not read all the posts, but here's my thinking. North Korea has been a wart on the butt of the planet since 1950-whenever. They are ruled by one loonie after another, and their people are woefully oppressed. Is this our problem? Not really, until it affects our wellbeing.
It becomes our problem, as they gain weaponry and become more and more of a threat to civilized society. Everyone has been kicking the can down the road, and Trump has the hot potato. Trump is not a guy who will keep kicking the can, if he thinks he can squash the wart once and for all.
I'm not worried, because, the president has the best and brightest military advisors possible, and I have no doubt he will expect those most affected, like S Korea and China, to do the heavy lifting.
You're Kim. You have a nuke (so you say). You know, damn good and well, the second you fire that thing off, you're done. You will be attacked from all sides. As an egotistical little jerk, do you, as Kim, actually want to waste your one opportunity to stick it to the US by nuking Guam?
REALLY?!
REALLY?!!
He's not going to nuke Guam.
I will bet you $1000 that he is not going to nuke Guam. You can pay me at the end of August to give it time to prove that his threat today is a bunch of hot air.
I'll not make a bet that I want to lose.
You keep shouting 'think' as though you're the only only one capable of doing so.
Your chain of logic is just one such possible chain..equally likely is....Kim has no sense of reality and is operating on a whole set of referents that you don't and can't factor.
Just as possible is Trump..embattled and besieged by troubles at home..sees a way to be a hero..to be loved...does your read of Trump's character factor that in? I think Trump is more likely to provoke a strike from Kim...by his ham-handed posturing.
NK picked Guam to threaten because it's plausible---I doubt he will attack there...a massive push into South Korea is far more likely.
My point in this thread..is that Kim keeps announcing his intentions..and then following through--it deserves some thought--and IMO..trying to mind read a madman is a waste of time.
Whatever the number is, it requires a lot of energy. This is a nation the outline of which can be seen from space because there is so little lights at night. 4 billion in energy aid most certainly improved their ability to produce nuclear weapons. I'm not going to look it up but you are looking at a figure that is about half their annual GPD in the 90's.
My question is how did the world allow NK to get this close to being able to nuke countries??
William J. Clinton: Remarks on the Nuclear Agreement With <B><font color='#cc3300'>North Korea</font></B>
Good afternoon. I am pleased that the United States and North Korea yesterday reached agreement on the text of a framework document on North Korea's nuclear program. This agreement will help to achieve a longstanding and vital American objective: an end to the threat of nuclear proliferation on the Korean Peninsula.
Today, after 16 months of intense and difficult negotiations with North Korea, we have completed an agreement that will make the United States, the Korean Peninsula, and the world safer. Under the agreement, North Korea has agreed to freeze its existing nuclear program and to accept international inspection of all existing facilities.
I have not read all the posts, but here's my thinking. North Korea has been a wart on the butt of the planet since 1950-whenever. They are ruled by one loonie after another, and their people are woefully oppressed. Is this our problem? Not really, until it affects our wellbeing.
It becomes our problem, as they gain weaponry and become more and more of a threat to civilized society. Everyone has been kicking the can down the road, and Trump has the hot potato. Trump is not a guy who will keep kicking the can, if he thinks he can squash the wart once and for all.
I'm not worried, because, the president has the best and brightest military advisors possible, and I have no doubt he will expect those most affected, like S Korea and China, to do the heavy lifting.
Well, I am kinda worried. Trump may have the best and brightest advisors, but I doubt that he listens to them. I'm sure that he's been advised to lay off the Twitter, but he's still tweeting, isn't he?
How about this, let's pull our troops out of Asia (and everywhere else) and let those people deal with their own problems. Why make ourselves a target by sticking our nose where it doesn't belong.
Estoy contigo hermano
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