North Korea News

[DBTrek]

Every American president who gave an inch of ground to NK based upon their promises to stop developing nuclear weapons has led us to exactly where we are today.

/shrug

[Speaker to Animals]

Who said anything about giving them an inch of ground?

[DBTrek]

Who said anything about giving them an inch of ground?

If NK wants to stop without receiving a single concession they’re free to stop right now.
No meeting needed.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Who said anything about giving them an inch of ground?

If NK wants to stop without receiving a single concession they’re free to stop right now.
No meeting needed.

No they are not. Kim knows as well as anyone what happens when he drops his gun. Sadaam and Ghaddafi are pretty clear and recent examples of what happens when you go back to playing nice.

[Speaker to Animals]

Who said anything about giving them an inch of ground?

If NK wants to stop without receiving a single concession they’re free to stop right now.
No meeting needed.

What do you mean by concession?

Nobody is going to win this war without losing quite a lot of lives. A peace deal involves both sides conceding something, though obviously we can no longer concede our national security one bit. Previous presidents have been conceding the national security of our country for decades now, and now the little fuckers can potentially wipe out America as a technological entity. Great job, that.

On the other hand, NK can agree to removing their nuclear weapons program, with external inspections and the imminent threat of attack on such facilities when they are found, in exchange for our getting the fuck out of Korea.

We could let China take on South Korea and Russia continue to facilitate their little Nork pets.

It shouldn't even be our problem in the first place.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I honestly believe Trump might be the only president capable of figuring out an acceptable NK solution.

The Kim regime is based entirely in kayfabe, and I don't think any politician in US history has as much insight into kayfabe as Trump.

[nmoore63]

If trump can solve NK, huge hat tip.

[Montegriffo]

What constitutes ''solved'?
Pretty sure NK isn't giving up it's insurance policy against regime change. While they've still got nukes nothing is solved.
Best case scenario is NK gets recognised as a legitimate nation by the US in return for a halt to weapons testing.
Worst case they start calling each other names again and the talks end very quickly.

[SuburbanFarmer]

What constitutes ''solved'?
Pretty sure NK isn't giving up it's insurance policy against regime change. While they've still got nukes nothing is solved.
Best case scenario is NK gets recognised as a legitimate nation by the US in return for a halt to weapons testing.
Worst case they start calling each other names again and the talks end very quickly.

I have no doubt they'll halt testing, for legitimacy. Not much of a trade, imo. They've already achieved what they needed to.

[Montegriffo]

What constitutes ''solved'?
Pretty sure NK isn't giving up it's insurance policy against regime change. While they've still got nukes nothing is solved.
Best case scenario is NK gets recognised as a legitimate nation by the US in return for a halt to weapons testing.
Worst case they start calling each other names again and the talks end very quickly.

I have no doubt they'll halt testing, for legitimacy. Not much of a trade, imo. They've already achieved what they needed to.

Yup. Not hard to see Trump being bamboozled by Kim. I know which one I'd most like to face at a poker table.