Nork Nukes Nearing Nuisance?

[Sir Slash]

No worries, Rodman will be there to keep things from getting out of hand.

[JasonPratt]

Clinton got played like a strumpet.

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I haven't checked Scott Adams' blog recently, but I'd be willing to bet a Coke that he's fawning over how much of a psychological player genius Trump is, at going hard for his fanbase and then backing off in order to look like he's making concessions to negotiate when really Trump is getting as much as he wanted to begin with.

[JasonPratt]

{checking} Nope, actually Adams hasn't posted since March 4th or 5th (short term memory lapse here). Maybe out sick, who knows.

He did suggest, back on Valentine's Day, a clever strategy that Trump could offer in the event of opening up negotiations with the Norks.

http://blog.dilbert.com/2018/01/17/north-korea-can-become-switzerland-east/

By clever, I mean that we offer to become one of the co-protectors (along with Russia and China) of the even-worse-than-Soviets regime. The Nork government can continue oppressing its people in peace as much as it wants, but it has to unilaterally disarm its military (and nuke programs).

This plan depends on (a) the United States being willing to look the other way (and on century-long concession goalposts being agreed to by NK which will hamper them exploiting their own people) -- but then a small fleet of ours was in Danang recently flying a Vietnamese flag from its flagship, so sure, why not? And (b) Kim Il Jung being rational and his ego fits being only some sort of scam and not indicative of his actual mindset. On this topic I remain much more cynical than Scott Adams.

[Gusington]

[OJsDad]

Seen a few reports that Kim Jung Un has made a secret trip to Beijing.  This is his first trip out of NK since we became dictator.  Perhaps Xi needed some advise from a seasoned dictator for a newly minted one. 

[Sir Slash]

Good point!  O0

[Staggerwing]

Some of life's skills can only be handed down from (Dear) Father to (Dear) Son.

[Labbug]

China is saying they have gotten a pledge from Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-visits-china-according-to-state-media.html

[OJsDad]

I'm guessing NK will require the US to pull all forces out of ROK and not to hold any more exercises in ROK. 

[Staggerwing]

Li'l Kimmy's most important requirement for starting negotiations is opening a KFC franchise in Pyongyang.

[Sir Slash]

And Rodman for President.  :hide:

[mirth]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/27/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear.html

[mirth]

https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/979017638843121664

[JasonPratt]

...wait, so is Scott Adam's policy advice going to come true?!  :o

[Gusington]

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