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Originally Posted by Platapus
We need to start ratcheting down the rhetoric concerning North Korea.
Kim will use his nuclear weapons if he feels that either North Korea is about to be invaded or his control of North Korea is about to end.
He is contained. He has no capability of moving into China and the US is preventing any chance of him moving into South Korea. As long as the US can keep South Korea on a short leash, everything will keep on keeping on.
But if we continue poking him like little brother does to a big brother "does this bother you?" "I am not touching you!", like an irritated big brother, eventually Kim will snap.
The best thing the US can do is ignore Kim. Treat him like a kid having a tantrum.
That's the decision the US needs to make. What role should we play concerning Kim?
1. A parent who while disappointed and often irritated, still is the mature one in the room
2. Kim's little brother who is more interested in scoring emotional points by messing with him. "Does my carrier group bother you?"
Personally, I much prefer option 1.
Unfortunately, Trump tends to operate in the option 2 realm.
Could you imagine Kim and Trump in the same room? Yikes!!
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Usually I find I agree with you on many topics but definitely not this. A dictator state developing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons cannot be ignored like a little brother, that's not even a good analogy.
The best thing the US can do is get China off its ass and together get this regime wiped out and free 25 million people from this tyranny and oppression. It's unacceptable to stand by and watch these people suffer.