11-12-2018, 01:53 PM
It may be my opinion -- but I never trusted Kim Jong-Un to divest himself of his favorite toys (missiles and nukes). I think he pulled a real con job on President Trump.
We have a deal with a character who has basically said "Trust me!" -- and has never given anyone cause to trust him. The next President (and don't fool yourself -- Donald Trump will be a one-term President because fewer people now in high public office have any desire to get President Trump re-elected, and those with sch desires are not going to risk legal problems to get him re-elected) will have a messy situation with North Korea.
There needs be something to lose. Let us start with this reality: both the Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China have stated their desire for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. If I were President I would be delighted to deliver such to both political entities. That implies of course that both countries are in on the deal.
I would be delighted to see Chinese police officials (yes, their secret police) snooping around both parts of Korea for proscribed weapons. The Russian FSB? They too, and I'd want the Russians in on the negotiations. Putin won't be around forever.
We have a deal with a character who has basically said "Trust me!" -- and has never given anyone cause to trust him. The next President (and don't fool yourself -- Donald Trump will be a one-term President because fewer people now in high public office have any desire to get President Trump re-elected, and those with sch desires are not going to risk legal problems to get him re-elected) will have a messy situation with North Korea.
There needs be something to lose. Let us start with this reality: both the Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China have stated their desire for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. If I were President I would be delighted to deliver such to both political entities. That implies of course that both countries are in on the deal.
I would be delighted to see Chinese police officials (yes, their secret police) snooping around both parts of Korea for proscribed weapons. The Russian FSB? They too, and I'd want the Russians in on the negotiations. Putin won't be around forever.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
