08-14-2017, 02:17 AM
(08-13-2017, 06:52 PM)Kinser79 Wrote:(08-13-2017, 05:18 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(08-13-2017, 12:24 PM)Cynic Hero Wrote: Boomers are trying to keep "strategic patience" as the US policy toward North Korea. They refuse to allow a US first strike against the north because of their narcissistic obsession with opposing the "military-industrial complex".
Which Boomers? The Boomer left, maybe.
Trump is concerned about political support and the potential for irrational escalation on Kim's part. The military folks are concerned that the Navy is in such sad shape from years of neglect under the sequester that it may not be able to perform a major strike mission.
Despite what the Lugenpresse tells you Kim Jong-Un is far from irrational.
I agree. This is why I advocate taking out his nuclear weapons without threatening his regime. Rationally, once that has happened, he should refrain from all out war on South Korea since that would result in his regime being eliminated as well, instead settling for symbolic retaliation.
But I would not be the one gambling 100,000 lives in Seoul on his rationality. Trump would.
