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cornball 24

(1,574 posts) Tue Apr 25, 2017, 12:46 PM Apr 2017

What am I missing regarding the NK situation? Seems there wasn't much going on

with NK until TURD-UMP started saber rattling.

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What am I missing regarding the NK situation? Seems there wasn't much going on (Original Post) cornball 24 Apr 2017 OP

They've been a concern for years, but the policy The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #1

NK is a godsend if you are the president or administration official guilty of foreign Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #2

Even George W. Bush/Dick Cheny didn't want to do anything with NK Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2017 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(129,722 posts)

1. They've been a concern for years, but the policy

Reply to cornball 24 (Original post)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 12:49 PM

Apr 2017

of previous administrations has been aimed at containment and careful observation. No previous president has ever deliberately made provocative statements like 45.

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Eliot Rosewater

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2. NK is a godsend if you are the president or administration official guilty of foreign

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 12:58 PM

Apr 2017

espionage, allowing an excuse to start a war and divert attention.

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Proud Liberal Dem

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3. Even George W. Bush/Dick Cheny didn't want to do anything with NK

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 01:40 PM

Apr 2017

They spat on the Agreed Framework and lumped them in with the "Axis of Evil", but they never dared seriously try to talk about attacking NK.

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