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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2019, 09:56 AM Feb 2019

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Kim has no incentive to give up his nuclear weapons.

If there were no sovereign and you didn't trust your armed neighbors would you give up your arms just because they promised to leave you alone?

You don't need a PhD from Harvard in International Relations to figure that out.

What a cast of fools. What a vainglorious mission...

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Kim has no incentive to give up his nuclear weapons. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 OP

He has been richly rewarded for developing them jberryhill Feb 2019 #1

He has no incentive to deploy them either BeyondGeography Feb 2019 #2

You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #3

North and South Korea have one thing Trump lacks. gordianot Feb 2019 #4

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

1. He has been richly rewarded for developing them

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:04 AM

Feb 2019

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

2. He has no incentive to deploy them either

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:07 AM

Feb 2019

It’s all he has.

Come home, Donald, lots more urgent things for you to deal with back here.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

3. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:11 AM

Feb 2019

Maybe a better approach is to convince them to become a responsible member of the world community but that doesn't seem possible.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)

4. North and South Korea have one thing Trump lacks.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 10:27 AM

Feb 2019

A really effective mined wall separating countries. What good is it if an authoritarian cannot isolate himself?

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