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To: Sdgla who wrote (134946)8/10/2017 9:56:02 PM
From: bart13  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 219648
 
Yep, Obummer woosed out and had no courage on NK, much like both the Shrub and Slick Willie.



To: Sdgla who wrote (134946)8/11/2017 12:59:34 AM
From: Elroy Jetson  Respond to of 219648
 
Nothing has changed in North Korea. As they have for the past 60 years, North Korea is still issuing outlandish threats which they don't act on. The people in South Korea pay no attention to these belligerent statements because these threats are always followed by "the big nothing".

What is different, is the new American president is now also making outlandish threats which are also followed by "the big nothing".

Trump warned North Korea "if they threatened the United States again they'd experience fire and fury" which he combined with one of his favorite campaign phrases "like the world has never seen before" which he has previously used to describe his legislative agenda, his TrumpCare, his budget. Almost everything Trump has talked about will happen in a way "which the world has never seen before."

North Korea took less than 2 hours to call Trump out by issuing a new threat against the United States by announcing a missile test later this month in which four missiles will land in a 20 mile box around Guam. For good measure they called Trump's "fire and fury" threat nonsense and said Trump was senile.

Trump's fire and fury response? Absolutely nothing. He drew a line, North Korea stepped over it, and the only "fire and fury" from the United States was more grumpy chatter from Trump, mostly blaming Mitch McConnell for his problems.

Putin's close friend Senator Alexey Pushkov has warned "Trump is sleepwalking into a war with North Korea that will define his legacy as president," which is essentially a warning from Putin himself. Putin has Russian troops massed on their border with North Korea, as does China. Trump normally does whatever Putin suggests, so that could be why Trump has failed to back-up his heated rhetoric with any action.


But Bill Richardson has gotten to know the General issuing the Guam plan fairly well in negotiating the release of fishing boats and the odd tourist interested in visiting the Prison Planet.

What concerns Bill Richardson is the General, unlike the Kim family, has only ever discussed actions in detail when they are actually going to happen. The only saving graceis the General in discussing the Guam test missiles said the military is still waiting for the go-ahead from Kim Jong-un.

Trump likes threatening Americans, Europeans, Congress, the Prime Minister of Australia and other close allies. But with North Korea, idle threats are not going to achieve anything - he has to be prepared to carry out his threats, which means Trump will need to have a planned response before he shoots his mouth off.