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6. "Nothing seems to work"

Reply to FLPanhandle (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 09:55 PM

Sep 2017

Well, except for a system of incentives and rewards for neighborly behavior, but if we didn't do that with Castro, we're sure as hell not going to do it with the Kim family. Our country has about two tools that we're willing to use, and when sanctions don't "work" as quickly as we want them to (usually under a constrained timeline that demands instant results), we head right for military action.

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AP: Trump's options on North Korea going from bad to worse [View all] TomCADem Sep 2017 OP

north korea is pushing the envelop and I don't think it matters what trump has said or done beachbum bob Sep 2017 #1

Business Insider (2016): DONALD TRUMP: Here's how I'd handle that 'madman' in North Korea TomCADem Sep 2017 #4

Not chess, not checkers C_U_L8R Sep 2017 #2

I'd condemn Trumps approach more but nothing seems to work with North Korea FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #3

NK is setting themselves up for destruction from this point beachbum bob Sep 2017 #5

"Nothing seems to work" gratuitous Sep 2017 #6