(April 27, 2018 at 10:12 am)Napoléon Wrote:(April 27, 2018 at 9:51 am)henryp Wrote: He was going over there hanging out with Kim Jong Un trying to bridge the gap between east and west. His visits were meant to solve the korea issue by opening a dialog and forging a personal relationship with the dictator. People trashed him as crazy, reckless, and naive the whole time. Now 4 months later, the korean war is over.
There's no evidence Rodman was the cause, but his optimism on the matter appears completely vindicated.
Rodman's visits to NK were happening way prior to 4 months ago. Fairly sure it was years ago he visited Kim. And in the times he was visiting, NK was just as vocal about their nuclear programme and just as hysterical with their threats of war.
I'd say that in fact, it's Trump sending head of CIA Mike Pompeo for a secret meeting that has had more of an effect than anything Dennis Rodman has done. SK president himself credits Trump for this.
Interesting to me that all of a sudden the denuclearisation of what is effectively a rogue state is not a big deal, seemingly because Trump was involved (in some way at least).
I wonder if Obama got the Nobel peace prize while bombing civilians in Iraq, will Trump get it for brokering peace in Korea? That's a joke btw.
I'm not really blaming this on Dennis Rodman. But I do think our characterization of what he was doing/saying based on what's happening now, probably had him closer to reality than most of us arm chair foreign policy experts. And it's also possible Rodman did have some impact on Un's behavior.
Trust me, I'm in no way thrilled at the idea Dennis Rodman might have had more global political insight than I did. But sometimes you have to tip your cap to someone.
