Poking the bear.
Apr 23rd 2017, 11:10 pm
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Poking the bear.
How much can Trump provoke North Korea? I would hate to live in Seoul at the moment. Is Mr T going to try and start a war to increase his ratings?
Poll: Trump approval rating at 42 percent - POLITICO
Will he announce that "The US has just launched a cruise missile attack on North Korea." Then 5 minutes later, say oops sorry I meant Syria, while stuffing his face with chocolate cake?
What are the bookies giving for the odds of a war?
Poll: Trump approval rating at 42 percent - POLITICO
Will he announce that "The US has just launched a cruise missile attack on North Korea." Then 5 minutes later, say oops sorry I meant Syria, while stuffing his face with chocolate cake?
What are the bookies giving for the odds of a war?
Apr 24th 2017, 1:18 am
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Re: Poking the bear.
Here's me thinking that it is North Korea doing the provoking.
Apr 24th 2017, 2:45 am
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Re: Poking the bear.
We should take out cues from the South Koreans; when they start to worry, then it's real.
NK has done this dance back-and-forth for almost seventy years now. In the end, someone will broker a deal where they will give up nuclear enrichment in return for aid, then the deal will collapse after a few years and they will start rebuilding their nuclear capability.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
NK has done this dance back-and-forth for almost seventy years now. In the end, someone will broker a deal where they will give up nuclear enrichment in return for aid, then the deal will collapse after a few years and they will start rebuilding their nuclear capability.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Apr 24th 2017, 3:07 pm
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Apr 24th 2017, 4:07 pm
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Re: Poking the bear.
I didn't know the daily star was still in print. I guess these sort of stories appeal to their readers.
Nuclear war risk as North Korea face 'catastrophic' strike from Trump as US 'armada' looms | Daily Star
Nuclear war risk as North Korea face 'catastrophic' strike from Trump as US 'armada' looms | Daily Star
Apr 24th 2017, 5:00 pm
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Donald Trump has 'dangerous mental illness', say psychiatry experts at Yale conference | The Independent
Apr 24th 2017, 10:12 pm
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Any "doctor" willing to make such a public statement without having made a proper examination in a clinical setting is no better than a quack.
Apr 25th 2017, 5:14 am
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Re: Poking the bear.
The time is now for diplomatic effort. Blustering and threatening never works unless you're prepared to back it up. By Trump sounding off that he's "sending an armada to North Korea" only sends a signal to Kim Jong Un that he means to take aggressive action against his regime.
I was pretty certain before Trump was elected he'd blunder himself into a war sooner or later and now it seems to grow more and more probable each day
I was pretty certain before Trump was elected he'd blunder himself into a war sooner or later and now it seems to grow more and more probable each day
Apr 25th 2017, 10:18 am
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Apr 25th 2017, 10:20 am
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Re: Poking the bear.
On the other hand, if something walks like a duck, looks like a duck and quacks, there's a fair chance its a duck.
Apr 25th 2017, 10:31 am
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