The Trump Presidency

bravesnumberone said:
They may not be an immediate threat to us. They most certainly are to that region.
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I live in Japan and I'm less worried than you guys. I don't think confronting him is the best way to deal with him. It feels like he's only making a lot of noise now because in Trump he has a guy he can bluff.
 
thethe said:
Indeed. North Korea should not be minimized like the last three presidents minimized the threat.
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Not just 3 men but all of the top advisors have been involved in the approach and so far no one has come up with a better policy than publicly denouncing him in strong terms, the same thing Trump is doing, by the way.

What's your brilliant idea? Your tone suggest that it's a simple, obvious solution.

You want another war, because . . . ? Because we've proved we know what we're doing making war in far away places?
 
I want to end Kims regime before he has the capability to hit all major cities in the world with a hydrogen bomb. This is by any means necessary. Lots of lives will be lost. It will be a dark time in the history of man but we will be a better world without the Kim dynasty.
 
Runnin said:
Not just 3 men but all of the top advisors have been involved in the approach and so far no one has come up with a better policy than publicly denouncing him in strong terms, the same thing Trump is doing, by the way.

What's your brilliant idea? Your tone suggest that it's a simple, obvious solution.

You want another war, because . . . ? Because we've proved we know what we're doing making war in far away places?
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Not accurate.

Clinton engaged in rapprochement.

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Runnin said:
North Korea isn't a real threat and the military knows it.
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They do? How so?

North Korea is absolutely a legitimate threat. To say otherwise is to expose stark naivete.

Whether or not you are personally worried is immaterial. I lived in Seoul when North Korea shelled an island 70 miles away. Nobody batted an eye. That doesn't mean the threat wasn't imminent. Koreans are used to it. Japanese are used to it. 40 + years of this kind of behavior has nurtured a surreal sense of complacency. That shouldn't be an excuse to allow the regime to run rampant, especially when they are developing/testing advanced hydrogen bombs.

Do you see how Abe is twisting the North Korean 'threat' to grow Japanese new nationalism? Article 9. Historical revisionism. Defense spending. The United States just opened up a new $11 billion military base in Southeast Seoul. In many ways this war is already being fought.
 
Despite being economically isolated, North Korea exports about $3bn worth of products and maintains trade relations chiefly with China, India, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Russia, Thailand and the Philippines.

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Okay then.
 
Hawk said:
Despite being economically isolated, North Korea exports about $3bn worth of products and maintains trade relations chiefly with China, India, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Russia, Thailand and the Philippines.

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Okay then.
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So trade war with South Korea over KORUS simultaneous to suspending trade with China, Philippines, et al to protect SK and other regional interests from NK.
 
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