Reply to your post is inline, below: "UsualName, post: 4671265, member: 501368"]I see. You guys have gone to the Neville Chamberlain school of diplomacy. This is an unfair characterization. It is more like we are finally addressing a serious issue sincerely that will likely provide geopolitical, economic, and humanitarian benefits to the many parties involved in some way in the outcome of these negotiations. The Korean border is the most dangerous border in the world. This border is not so dangerous as to prevent Kim from meeting Moon Jae-in. While talking to Un is a good idea pulling any military deterrent away is not. Our bases in Japan, our navy fleet including cruise missiles, and South Korea's ground troops have not gone anywhere. For nearly seventy-five years, this has been the millitary situation on the peninsula. In fact, with the new navel task force assigned to the Pacific, we now have an usually large presence in the area compared to the recent past. The cancellation of navel excercises is a good will gesture to show our sincere interests in nogotiating a treaty. Kim has released some detainees(South Korean spys?) as a gesture himself. The North Koreans have a made a promise to dismantle some nuclear stuff, but where are the inspectors in this process? And what does that have to do with all of the weapons on th border? The terms of this negotiation will take quite a few meetings to work out. This is actually good because too many times the Americans in pushing for a quick deal have had to make concessions that were not as favorable has they could have under a self or media imposed time constraint. We has seen this happen on trade deals for a long time, for example. NK can wipe out Seoul and our 40000 troops on the border with the weapons they already have in place. Are you really wondering why North Korea has not attacked South Korea in 75 years and would all of a sudden would attack South Korea now? We made a concession and the North Koreans made a promise. We are not on the winning side right now. In negotiations or in sports, a winner is not determined after a single possession or quarter. It is the end result that counts. The beauty of this negotiation is there is an opportunity for everyone involved directly or indirectly to win.
You’re putting a lot of faith in a guy that killed his brother and uncle, and runs possibly the worst prison camps in the world. I hope things work out but I’m afraid this is going to turn into when Putin met with W and W said Putin has a good soul.
Do you have an opinion of your own, or are we all to let an obviously partisan media determine all our thoughts for us?
I'm simply asking your opinion. I have no interest in what the paid to fan the flames talking heads think. What do you think? Is it not worth the effort to find a peaceful coexistence with our enemies where possible?
"UsualName, post: 4671294, member: 501368"]You’re putting a lot of faith in a guy that killed his brother and uncle, and runs possibly the worst prison camps in the world. Kim is no saint. The fact is this is who we have to work with and the fact his has been fairly aggressive in persuing these talks is encouraging. I hope things work out but I’m afraid this is going to turn into when Putin met with W and W said Putin has a good soul. Putin is also no saint. However, in many of the United States action's during and after the Cold War could reasonably be considered "unsaintly" to a degree, as well. We appear to be moving forward and that is a welcome sign of progress in geopolitical relations for many. Hopefully economic and humanitarian opportunities for many countries will follow these historic negotiations and will provide greater incentive for other nations to join in, such as Iran and Syria. Hell, why not take a successful North Korean negotiation and try to expand it into a global diplomatic new age? Also let's not forget about our relationships with our European and border friends. There are a great many meetings and much negotiating needed, but at least we appear to be on the right path. Finally.
Sure, we are moving forward but NK is still an unknown. I wonder where Mattis is on all of this surrender for North Korean promises. I have a feeling there’s a few thrown over desks in the pentagon right about now. Why have we made any commitments without a declaration of weapons and a commitment to inspectors?