North Korea

Post by **Jezza** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:29 pm

Trump agrees to meet Kim.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-09/d ... ts/9531232

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:29 pm

Post by **Jezza** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:33 pm

Agree, but at least it's a good starting point that may lead to something positive down the track.

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:20 pm

Yes, better than nothing, just not much. But I have always liked Trumps approach to NK. Psychopaths like Kim respond best to forceful challenge if you have the power to hurt them.

Skids · Post by **Skids** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:43 pm

Mugwump wrote:Yes, better than nothing, just not much. But I have always liked Trumps approach to NK. Psychopaths like Kim respond best to forceful challenge if you have the power to hurt them.

I think, for all his knockers, Trump is a strong leader... he loves his country.
God bless America

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:40 am

Skids wrote:
Mugwump wrote:Yes, better than nothing, just not much. But I have always liked Trumps approach to NK. Psychopaths like Kim respond best to forceful challenge if you have the power to hurt them.
I think, for all his knockers, Trump is a strong leader... he loves his country.
God bless America

Oh, I don't agree, Skids. I think he's chaotic and he's achieved very little in concrete terms despite his bluster. But when the china in the shop is out of date, a bull let loose can cause a stocktake. I think that may be happening with NK. But Kim and NK have a long history of saying things and not following through. Like Hitler at Munich, it's part of their schtick.

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:44 am

In the world of the 7B or so people who exist outside the Anglo-American tweet cycle, the main change in the relationship has clearly been the election of Moon Jae-in.

As a liberal from the Noh government, Moon was always going to reverse or at least neutralise the hawkish stance of Park, resulting in a PR thaw (even if not a revival of Kim Dae-jung's "Sunshine Policy").

This has inevitably seen "dialogue", though as Mugwump says, it's anyone's guess what that actually means.

As with Anglo-America, SK has its own dim culture wars which result in symbolic lurches to the left and right, entertaining the respective mobs, but shedding little light on anything important.

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:17 pm

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 1:07 am

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:29 am

^ clear enough, thanks. There have been talks with NK before, but never, seemingly, in good faith from their side. When you are wholly rotten, as NK is, extinguishing the alternative is really your only practical strategy.

Skids · Post by **Skids** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:46 am

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Skids · Post by **Skids** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 2:42 pm

HAL · Post by **HAL** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 2:46 pm

""? You doubt it?

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:22 pm

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