(July 1, 2018 at 10:46 am)Wololo Wrote:(July 1, 2018 at 10:27 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Wouldn't this have happened whether or not we played the game with NK?
What has the Trump given away since the summit other than war games that only escalated tensions?
I'm not backing Trump, but other than some stupid rhetoric (which Kim loves), what harm had been done?
They're not war games, they're joint manoeuvres designed to ensure a properly coordinated joint defence between US and South Korean forces in event of a North Korean attack. By abandoning them not alone is Trump decreasing the effictiveness of a hypothetical future defence against an attack, but much worse he is signalling to US allies in East Asia that they can't depend on him if they get attacked.
Expect both South Korea and Japan to move much closer to China in the near future.
OK, war games was a poor choice. Have they been completely abandoned or only cancelled? If NK does not continue to play can't they be reinstituted?
NK saber rattles and we rattle back, what good does that do? I think the summit de-escalated the chance of attack from NK.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
