(September 22, 2017 at 7:28 am)A Theist Wrote:(September 21, 2017 at 8:44 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I agree that Beijing is tired of the bullshit too. I don't agree that it is a matter of any action by Trump, which was the crux of my disagreement. I think one reason China is so irritated with NK is that the NK diplomat tasked with handling Chinese relations was executed a couple of years ago, and then the murder last year by nerve gas of another of their NK contacts has them understanding that their own plans may be running aground. Trump, Obama, Bush, that doesn't matter.Oh yeah, definitely Beijing is fed up with Kim. The kid's out of control and it's bringing pressure on China from its trading partners and from the U.S. to do something about its not so obedient puppet ally. But, from Clinton to GW and to Obama none was able to pressure China in the way that Trump has to toughen up on NOKO. Somehow I think that China will work with elements inside the NOKO government to undermine and overthrow Kim and maintain their hold over Pyong Yang. I have to think that Kim's days are numbered.
I think their plans for puppeteering took an arrow to the knee, and as a result the Chinese are withdrawing support -- they are trying to remind Un how much he needs them.
Oh fuck off, 45 is no JFK or even Reagan. <---- They deescalated and avoided WW3. 45 is like that asshole frat guy daring a drunk asshole into a bar fight. 45 has no goddamned fucking clue what mutual destruction is. If anything saves us from WW3 it wont be him, but his advisers if they pull their own heads out of their asses.
50 REPUBLICAN former law agents LAST YEAR signed a letter warning America what a 45 presidency could lead to. Now, I could give a shit less what you think of me being a liberal, go argue with the intel experts.
Kim's days are numbered? At what cost asshole? Millions of dead South Koreans? A global nuclear war?
Yea, China did say they'd do nothing if Un starts it, but you are a fool if you think 45 can be trusted to wait until then. Bush's and the GOP lied their way into Iraq and that tells me all I need to know about the fucked up GOP policy.
45 isn't a "tough guy" he is a fucking spoiled brat pretending, just like he has bluffed his way through his entire life.