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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:28 pm
(June 12, 2018 at 12:15 pm)henryp Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 11:51 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Hey, at least his little stunt in Canada -- designed to show Kim how tough-minded he is -- resulted in moving forward a key negotiating position: we will suspend joint military exercises with South Korea in exchange for vague and cynical assurances. Take that, North Korea!
Just think what else Trump could accomplish by shitting on our friends and allies more often.
All of a sudden, the left is filled with Hawks who are demanding we use military might to intimidate NK during the diplomatic efforts. The same left that was having anxiety attacks a year ago, because Trump was tweeting insults that they were scared were going to cause WWIII.
It's pretty silly.
I'm "left" simply by virtue of the U.S.'s utterly skewed understanding of what Left and Right actually mean. In any country not hamstrung by our laughably narrow bandwidth of politically acceptable options, I would be considered center-right, with a libertarian's attitude on most social issues. And my attitude didn't form "all of a sudden".
Negotiate, by all means! But walk away with something in exchange for what you're willing to foreswear. North Korea obviously got a couple of things they wanted. What exactly did we get out of this meeting, other than the same meaningless assurances we've received in the past?
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:30 pm
(June 12, 2018 at 11:40 am)A Theist Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 8:33 am)Wololo Wrote: You rabbiting on about squirrels will not deflect us from the fact that Drumpfuck is both a traitor and an awful president, Whiny Nazi.
Even one as brain deficient as you are should've copped this by now. None of your incoherent and rambling tripe has anything to do with Trudeau's fake eyebrows....or with the fact that his body double has real ones.
I haven't been here that long so sometimes it takes a while to figure out of people like you are just faking being this stupid to rile people up... or if you're actually this stupid.
Have fun thinking about Trudeau's eyebrows on the unemployment line, as the US economy is estimated to start shedding around 400,000 jobs a year because of this trade war stupidity, while Trump his new friend Kim.
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:31 pm
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So, the take away from Kim trump summit are;
Trump gets kim to undertake to denuclearize.
1. Target date for denuclearization: none
2. Steps to take for denuclearization: none
3. Verification of the steps to be taken: none
4. Consequences for violation: none
Kim gets trump to undertake to reduce military presence in Korea.
1. Joint military exercise with ally undertaken every year since 1953 stops immediately.
2. Promises of reduction of American forces in Asia in general
Btw, Kim is a swell guy who loves his people and rewards them with labor camps and execution by shooting with antiaircraft gun, and he is trust worthy as demonstrated by sending midget submarine to torpedo South Korean warship in South Korean territorial water and infiltrated armed commandos into South Korea.
Mussolini’s Italy actually required the Greeks to fight to before consenting to be pushed out of Greece.
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:31 pm
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(June 12, 2018 at 12:30 pm)unsapien Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 11:40 am)A Theist Wrote: None of your incoherent and rambling tripe has anything to do with Trudeau's fake eyebrows....or with the fact that his body double has real ones.
I haven't been here that long so sometimes it takes a while to figure out of people like you are just faking being this stupid to rile people up... or if you're actually this stupid.
Have fun thinking about Trudeau's eyebrows on the unemployment line, as the US economy is estimated to start shedding around 400,000 jobs a year because of this trade war stupidity, while Trump his new friend Kim. Yeah maybe Kim and Trump could move in together.They could be like the odd couple .
(June 12, 2018 at 12:31 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: So, the take away from Kim trump summit are;
Trump gets kim to undertake to denuclearize.
1. Target date for denuclearization: none
2. Steps to take for denuclearization: none
3. Verification of the steps to be taken: none
4. Consequences for violation: none
Kim gets trump to undertake to reduce military presence in Korea.
1. Joint military exercise with ally undertaken every year since 1953 stops immediately.
2. Promises of reduction of American forces in Asia in general
Btw, Kim is a swell guy who loves his people and rewards them with labor camps and execution by shooting with antiaircraft gun, and he is trust worthy as demonstrated by sending midget submarine to torpedo South Korean warship in South Korean territorial water and infiltrated armed commandos into South Korea. Then again after the backstabbing shit Trump just pulled in the G7 . Their two of a kind .
(June 12, 2018 at 12:30 pm)unsapien Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 11:40 am)A Theist Wrote: None of your incoherent and rambling tripe has anything to do with Trudeau's fake eyebrows....or with the fact that his body double has real ones.
I haven't been here that long so sometimes it takes a while to figure out of people like you are just faking being this stupid to rile people up... or if you're actually this stupid.
Have fun thinking about Trudeau's eyebrows on the unemployment line, as the US economy is estimated to start shedding around 400,000 jobs a year because of this trade war stupidity, while Trump his new friend Kim. As for Ahole (A theist) he's a giant troll but sometimes when it comes to Trump he really is that dumb .
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:39 pm
(June 12, 2018 at 12:28 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 12:15 pm)henryp Wrote: All of a sudden, the left is filled with Hawks who are demanding we use military might to intimidate NK during the diplomatic efforts. The same left that was having anxiety attacks a year ago, because Trump was tweeting insults that they were scared were going to cause WWIII.
It's pretty silly.
I'm "left" simply by virtue of the U.S.'s utterly skewed understanding of what Left and Right actually mean. In any country not hamstrung by our laughably narrow bandwidth of politically acceptable options, I would be considered center-right, with a libertarian's attitude on most social issues. And my attitude didn't form "all of a sudden".
Negotiate, by all means! But walk away with something in exchange for what you're willing to foreswear. North Korea obviously got a couple of things they wanted. What exactly did we get out of this meeting, other than the same meaningless assurances we've received in the past?
My opinion, is that a deescalation of military tension is in both country's interests, and the interests of future diplomacy. And it comes at no cost to the US. Those seem like the best concessions to give, no?
It's not like the US can't still destroy NK if that action was called for. It's purely about posture.
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:44 pm
There is a difference between dislocation and leaving the door wide open to a psychopath on nothing but good faith .
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:46 pm
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(June 12, 2018 at 12:31 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: So, the take away from Kim trump summit are;
Trump gets kim to undertake to denuclearize.
1. Target date for denuclearization: none
2. Steps to take for denuclearization: none
3. Verification of the steps to be taken: none
4. Consequences for violation: none
Kim gets trump to undertake to reduce military presence in Korea.
1. Joint military exercise with ally undertaken every year since 1953 stops immediately.
2. Promises of reduction of American forces in Asia in general
Btw, Kim is a swell guy who loves his people and rewards them with labor camps and execution by shooting with antiaircraft gun, and he is trust worthy as demonstrated by sending midget submarine to torpedo South Korean warship in South Korean territorial water and infiltrated armed commandos into South Korea.
Mussolini’s Italy actually required the Greeks to fight to before consenting to be pushed out of Greece. Looks like your prediction came true...the great dealmaker gave away everything for nothing, yet again.
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:47 pm
(June 12, 2018 at 12:39 pm)henryp Wrote: My opinion, is that a deescalation of military tension is in both country's interests, and the interests of future diplomacy. And it comes at no cost to the US. Those seem like the best concessions to give, no?
It's not like the US can't still destroy NK if that action was called for. It's purely about posture.
The US has made concessions and gained nothing.
There is no way to look at this other than a massive win for North Korea at the expense of the US world standing.
If Russia aren't paying Trump to do this then he is just an idiot.
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:52 pm
(June 12, 2018 at 12:47 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 12:39 pm)henryp Wrote: My opinion, is that a deescalation of military tension is in both country's interests, and the interests of future diplomacy. And it comes at no cost to the US. Those seem like the best concessions to give, no?
It's not like the US can't still destroy NK if that action was called for. It's purely about posture.
The US has made concessions and gained nothing.
There is no way to look at this other than a massive win for North Korea at the expense of the US world standing.
If Russia aren't paying Trump to do this then he is just an idiot.
What about the decreased risk of a nuclear war with North Korea? That's a little something, no?
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RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 12, 2018 at 12:59 pm
(June 12, 2018 at 12:52 pm)henryp Wrote: (June 12, 2018 at 12:47 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: The US has made concessions and gained nothing.
There is no way to look at this other than a massive win for North Korea at the expense of the US world standing.
If Russia aren't paying Trump to do this then he is just an idiot.
What about the decreased risk of a nuclear war with North Korea? That's a little something, no?
There was never any risk of nuclear war with North Korea except through reckless American action of a type typical of trump and advocated by John Bolton to make the Kim regime feel immediate existential threat.
To avoid nuclear war he didn’t need to give away anything, except reigning in his Twitter storms and read diplomatically written scripts prepared for him by adults.
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