Running North Korea freakout thread

You hate Peyton Manning. You're most definitely a bad guy.

Back to the point: There are no good guys. There are only guys (and gals) who look after their country's (or their personal) interests, and the means in which they go about it puts them on a scale ranging from bad to worse.

A dictator who kisses our ass is a good guy. One who refuses to is a bad guy. Regardless of anything else they do.

Boris Yeltsin attacked his own Parliament. Allowed oligarchs to pillage his country's assets and caused a humanitarian crisis no modern country has ever seen in times of peace.

We fucking loved him.

 

Of the million reasons why most American voters didn't want Trump to become POTUS, the fact that he could end up leading nuclear diplomacy tops the list.

 

I don’t hate Peyton. I just like pointing out how overrated he is.

 

John Bolton. Uh oh.

 

I'm so glad that my son isn't in the military.

 

Does he live in Hawaii? Or perhaps somewhere along the entire West Coast?

The potential danger zone extends a bit beyond just "the military" here.

 

He's in Birmingham with us. I think our chances are about as good as it gets, not that I want to find out. I suppose that I think that way because he was very seriously talking about joining the Marines coming out of high school. He had a car wreck in April of his senior year that ended that.

 

Welp.

North and South Korean leaders hold historic summit: Highlights

 

The push-pull aspect of North Korea's policy towards the South is decades old. It is possible Kim's acceptance of outreach stems from confidence in his grip at home (always top priority for a dictator) and his apparent belief the DPRK now has a credible nuclear arsenal. I (and many people who study this for a living) wonder about that, seeing as how testing demolished their test site, but if he believes it, that's all that counts. Kim certainly is acting like someone who sees himself a holding a winning hand.