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Tomcal POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Commack, NY, USA |
posted 06-15-2018 01:49 PM
How Trump set us back: The trouble with the Singapore summit By Mieke Eoyang Jun 12, 2018 But when it came down to putting the agreement down on paper, what we got was worse than theater. Trump and Kim promised to “denuclearize” in exchange for security guarantees, but behind those broad-sounding words, it was short on the kind of specifics that would have made any measurable difference to America’s security. Let’s not forget that North Korea has actual nuclear weapons, by some estimates as many as 60. And it has been testing intercontinental ballistic missiles that can deliver those weapons to devastate American cities, not just Honolulu but Los Angeles and possibly further east. North Korea has missiles that it regularly shoots over our allies and American troops in Japan, and it’s a short lob over the border to South Korea and the tens of thousands of U.S. troops stationed nearby. Worse, North Korea has a history of threatening its neighbors and nuclear tests to scare everyone back to the negotiating table, getting concessions, and then starting the cycle all over again. But Trump, who thought this summit was more about attitude than preparation, wasn’t interested in that history. He decided it was enough to look into the eyes of one of the most brutal dictators on the planet — who had returned Otto Warmbier to his family in a coma — and make a deal. But the deal, to the extent there is one, sets back American security. When Kim offered to close just one missile engine-testing facility, Trump offered to stop all U.S. military exercises with our ally South Korea. These exercises are not symbolic war games, as Trump seems to think, but necessary preparation for American troops working with South Korean partners to be ready for conflict. Remember, U.S. troops rotate through, so every few years there’s a new group of people who need exercises to be ready. Trump may decide that attitude is more important than preparation for negotiations, but if our troops aren’t prepared, then he is gambling with their lives. Before the summit, some criticized Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, for laying out specific, measurable goals for these negotiations. Trump’s failure in Singapore doesn’t mean that he should give up on diplomacy. In fact, it’s arguable that he didn’t really engage in diplomacy, but showmanship. Real arms control negotiations are not based on personal charm but a hard-nosed accounting for nuclear capabilities and a step-by-step reduction in those capabilities, as verified by an independent third party, on an agreed timeline. The two parties have agreed to meet again. To prevent a repeat of what we just went through, before they do, Trump needs to do more homework so he can deliver real, not symbolic, results. |
ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA |
posted 06-15-2018 02:52 PM
The media is going to get Trump his second term. I hope they keep this kind of B S going for another 2 years. The folks in the heartland aren't buying into the charade. |
Landscape Doctor POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Live Free Or Die State, NH |
posted 06-15-2018 04:45 PM
Tom that was some funny spin. |
Tomcal POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Commack, NY, USA |
posted 06-15-2018 05:59 PM
Unfortunately, Heartland (and others) bought into a CON MAN. Not their fault entirely, he's a Great CON MAN. New Yorker's, have know for years and years his Lying and Conning. Screwing people financially and you know the other, whatever. It took less than a New York minute to figure him out. No one in NY will do business with Trump. Banks wouldn't lend him money sighting high risk, poor management skills and six bankruptcies. As Don Jr. always says, "All our funding comes from Russia" However, by now Heartland, and others, should be well aware of pathological liar and CON MAN he is. As well as being in Putin's pocket. Unfortunately, now the Heartland will feel greatest pain of Trump moronic tariff wars. Soy Beans, pork, and other Heartland products will be hit hardest. Perhaps when it hits the wallet it will trigger a change of heart at the ballot box. For the sake of our country, one can only hope so. |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 06-15-2018 06:07 PM
Don't do anything rash Tommie. I see you ramping up your hate at an alarming rate. I know you can't take all this winning so I'd suggest you and Larry S. invite a bunch of illegals over for a sleep over and a weenie roast. |
Tomcal POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Commack, NY, USA |
posted 06-15-2018 06:14 PM
Old silverkat.... you need Professional help.... |
silverkat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:upstate NY |
posted 06-15-2018 06:38 PM
I think Tommie is cracking... |
ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA |
posted 06-15-2018 10:24 PM
LG and Samsung moved their washing machine factories TO America to get around the tariffs. Of course, that will create a problem since there aren't enough workers (Republicans) to fill the jobs. |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 06-19-2018 12:24 AM
Somebody say "magic wand"?? I hear Abara Cadabera emanating from the White House daily - something the last squatter couldn't even fathom! |
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