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cornball 24

(1,475 posts) Tue Apr 25, 2017, 01:46 PM Apr 2017

What am I missing regarding the NK situation? Seems there wasn't much going on

with NK until TURD-UMP started saber rattling.

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What am I missing regarding the NK situation? Seems there wasn't much going on (Original Post) cornball 24 Apr 2017 OP

They've been a concern for years, but the policy The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #1

NK is a godsend if you are the president or administration official guilty of foreign Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #2

Even George W. Bush/Dick Cheny didn't want to do anything with NK Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2017 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)

1. They've been a concern for years, but the policy

Reply to cornball 24 (Original post)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 01:49 PM

Apr 2017

of previous administrations has been aimed at containment and careful observation. No previous president has ever deliberately made provocative statements like 45.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)

2. NK is a godsend if you are the president or administration official guilty of foreign

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 01:58 PM

Apr 2017

espionage, allowing an excuse to start a war and divert attention.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,402 posts)

3. Even George W. Bush/Dick Cheny didn't want to do anything with NK

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 02:40 PM

Apr 2017

They spat on the Agreed Framework and lumped them in with the "Axis of Evil", but they never dared seriously try to talk about attacking NK.

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