What I learned being a big guy, [View all]

[MadHound]

Long ago when I was young, I learned some lessons about being a big guy. Such as having to give folks a bit more personal space so I wouldn't "loom" over them, thus making them uncomfortable, things like that.

One of the the things I learned was when to walk away from a fight. You see, being a big guy, I found that there was this certain sub group of short guys who were just hell bound on proving themselves against me in a fight. They would try and provoke me into a fight, making a big show of how macho/strong/crazy they are, when all along I knew I could wipe the floor with them, and worse yet, they knew it as well. Crazy guys. What I learned is to simply walk away from these idiots, because if you tried to intimidate them, that would just make them crazier, and if you continued to try and intimidate them, they really would do something crazy, like pulling out a knife or gun, and then the real fun would begin, and at that point it could very well end up with me being seriously injured or dead.

I think that lesson applies to what is going on between the US and N. Korea. We are the big guy in this case, and for whatever reason(or perhaps no reason at all), this small dude Kim Jong Un is hell bound on proving themselves against us. The trouble is, we haven't learned the lesson of being a big guy, to walk away, that it isn't worth it. We've sent B-2's over for the first time ever last week, and just sent over some F-22 stealth fighter jets, all in an attempt to intimidate this guy. C'mon, this is a scion of the Kim family, the dude is fucking crazy, and all we're doing is ratcheting up his, and North Korea's crazy factor exponentially.

If we continue, this won't end well for anyone. A bomb dropped, a war launched, it can get ugly, quickly. Can we kick the shit out of N. Korea, certainly, but doing so would leave a serious mark, that is unless China decides to back its traditional puppet, then we're in real trouble. So instead of pursuing this tactic of intimidation, it is time to pursue that old strategy that any big guy knows, just walk away. Ratchet down the level of discourse, pay no attention to the small crazy guy, just walk away.