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sirius black
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing major is going to happen. Kim Jung Un knows one thing A full scale or even a fairly medium sized war will end the state. He doesn't have the resources to wage war for too long (without Chinese or Russian intervention and even then) for too long.
As odious as Trump is, he actually may be a plus in this. Kim has relied on a reputation for being crazy to extract concessions, etc. Trump now has that reputation. For the first time, NK will be facing an American president who is just 'stupid' enough to make a military strike against them. And if they respond too severely it will escalate out of control to their detriment.
My guess is before it gets even that far, a war would become null and void because generals internally would form a coup. Picture "Game of Thrones' and the Mad King. One of these Generals will do a 'Jamie Lannister' on Kim. |
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J.Q.A.
Joined: 09 Feb 2017 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Despite your political angst, the world still turns. |
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sirius black
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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huh? |
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J.Q.A.
Joined: 09 Feb 2017 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Seems appropriate. |
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sirius black
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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J.Q.A. wrote: |
Seems appropriate. |
Exactly. While some make quips when they can'f offer logical rebuttals. |
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J.Q.A.
Joined: 09 Feb 2017 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:06 am Post subject: |
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sirius black wrote: |
J.Q.A. wrote: |
Seems appropriate. |
Exactly. While some make quips when they can'f offer logical rebuttals. |
Yeah...you keep telling yourself that. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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sirius black
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I can't imagine NK doing anything of the kind. #45 has one thing that is actually an advantage in this particular matter. He's deemed as nutty to Kim as Kim is to him.
Kim Jung Un risks internal issues in a war. They have never had a war. A war, even a limited one, would bankrupt them the same way the Afghan war did to the USSR.
It would invite a coup as well. He can't win or get a stalemate without chinese backing and that won't happen.
He's all bluster. 45 is itching for military action to take the focus off his laughingstock presidency. |
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Rteacher
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J.Q.A.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:52 am Post subject: |
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I think they have been nervous long before President Trump's tweets. |
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nuthatch
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