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paleotn

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28. Easy for you to say, since I assume you don't have loved ones in Seoul..
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 03:40 PM
Sep 2017

Neither do I for that matter. That fact makes it awfully easy for us armchair strategists to be a little too bellicose when we have limited skin in the game. Secondly, exactly where did I write... IGNORE HIM? Can you point that one out for me or are you just beating up a straw man? Thirdly, Kim Jong Un is many things, none of them admirable, but only Hitler was Hitler. Bad analogy and Godwin to boot. That's 15 yards and loss of down.

My statement is containment and diplomacy. The same thing we've done for decades with nuclear armed Russia and China. After all, Mao was just as despicable as Kim, but most rational people didn't get all Godwin about it.

This idiot and his warhawk administration are going to get us all killed. Impeach Trump Sep 2017 #1
You believe that North Korea will launch a nuke at us soon? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #3
No, I'm afraid of escalation and the possibility of having Impeach Trump Sep 2017 #4
I Can See North Korea Launching a Test Missile at Guam... TomCADem Sep 2017 #12
I do not consider a missile launched at Guam a test missile Not Ruth Sep 2017 #17
If so, Doesn't That Prove That U.S. Is Not Going to Protect Japan? TomCADem Sep 2017 #21
Japan is not a US territory Not Ruth Sep 2017 #22
Bingo! Trump Is Happy to Throw Allies Under the Bus TomCADem Sep 2017 #23
North Korea can choose not to launch any more missiles Not Ruth Sep 2017 #24
They Could, But If North Korea/China/Russia's Goal Is To Reduce US Influence... TomCADem Sep 2017 #25
That is a suicidal game Not Ruth Sep 2017 #27
I agree. yagotme Sep 2017 #31
Trump, has said he has secret plans and knows more than all of the military generals. The idiot! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2017 #2
"Patience for diplomacy is wearing thin." WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #5
There are no military options... paleotn Sep 2017 #6
So you wish to wait until NK kills tens if not hundreds of thousands in an attack? former9thward Sep 2017 #11
So lets kill them now instead of later? Is that what you're suggesting? Aren't you a peach. paleotn Sep 2017 #18
What you are saying is exactly what was said about Hitler former9thward Sep 2017 #20
Easy for you to say, since I assume you don't have loved ones in Seoul.. paleotn Sep 2017 #28
No sorry, "only Hitler was Hitler" is false. former9thward Sep 2017 #30
There are military options. There are no military solutions. WheelWalker Sep 2017 #14
Options we cannnot take... paleotn Sep 2017 #19
Military Options Wolf Frankula Sep 2017 #7
Back when I was a youngster, my grandpa benld74 Sep 2017 #8
How quaint.................... turbinetree Sep 2017 #9
i've thought about what might happen if we launched a missile over North Korean territory. Calista241 Sep 2017 #10
North Korea/China/Russia's Joint Goal Regarding North Korea Missile Tests... TomCADem Sep 2017 #15
Good analysis... Dan Sep 2017 #16
According to Wiki, yagotme Sep 2017 #32
Of fucking course there are military options. Still In Wisconsin Sep 2017 #13
Perhaps Trump (or rather his advisors) should think of a way Turbineguy Sep 2017 #26
Waiting for trump to say something stupid like " Bring them on" Old Vet Sep 2017 #29
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