Posted on May 27, 2018
Brilliant Strategy Of Offering North Korea “The Libya Model” Somehow Falls Through
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Do you believe she is correct? Also, I thought this excerpt from the Ron Paul Liberty Report was really interesting:
“I think Trump is making America great again by making America irrelevant. We are irrelevant in the North and South peace talks right now. The ball is completely in [South Korea President] Moon’s court, what is he going to do next; we’ve basically recused ourselves from the whole process. Which is very, very good for us. So I feel rather upbeat. I think although it’s always better to talk to people, and it would be better to talk, but in the current environment, for us to get out of the way is really the non-interventionist position.”
It's a silver lining I hadn't considered.
“I think Trump is making America great again by making America irrelevant. We are irrelevant in the North and South peace talks right now. The ball is completely in [South Korea President] Moon’s court, what is he going to do next; we’ve basically recused ourselves from the whole process. Which is very, very good for us. So I feel rather upbeat. I think although it’s always better to talk to people, and it would be better to talk, but in the current environment, for us to get out of the way is really the non-interventionist position.”
It's a silver lining I hadn't considered.
Brilliant Strategy Of Offering North Korea “The Libya Model” Somehow Falls Through
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I am not competent to judge this appraisal anymore that I can judge any such complex diplomatic issue. However, it is clear to me that President Trump is hobbled by the same divisiveness at home that hobbled us in Vietnam. Our enemies knew that no matter how hard we hit them, no matter how much they suffered, ultimate victory was theirs thanks to their allies in the American media, on American campuses, and in the determined efforts of the American Left to fundamentally change our nation.
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I am not aware of any division regarding peace in Korea. That was one area where Trump had (at least as I understood it) universal support. There are those on the Libertarian Right and Left who will continue to oppose US military intervention, thank goodness. Are we as a nation better off because Qaddafi or Saddam Hussein fell? The cost was hundreds of thousands of lives, not to mention the CBO estimated the cost of the war in Iraq alone will cost the US 2.4 TRILLION dollars.
We desperately need some fundamental changes.
We desperately need some fundamental changes.
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CPT Jack Durish
SSG (Join to see) - You know we disagree. I want "un-changes" and thus reduce government to its enumerated powers.
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CPT Jack Durish - I want government to do more to promote the common welfare instead of the welfare of the extremely wealthy and powerful corporations. It's right there in the preamble...
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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SSG Robert Webster
SSG (Join to see) - The problem with your belief and statement is that you conflate the terms 'common' and 'general.' Where in too many circumstances they are taken to mean the same, in this instance they should not be thought of as the same.
Why do I say this? In the statement that you quote, it states 'common defense' and 'general welfare' in the same sentence and part of the same subject, where they could have written 'common defense and welfare' or 'general defense and welfare,' if they had meant for them to mean the same.
Why do I say this? In the statement that you quote, it states 'common defense' and 'general welfare' in the same sentence and part of the same subject, where they could have written 'common defense and welfare' or 'general defense and welfare,' if they had meant for them to mean the same.
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No expert in this area for sure, but offering North Korea any model from the past seems extremely naive. There has never been a situation similar to the possibility of peace with North Korea so why try to link it to anything from the past. Treat it as the opportunity to set a whole new precedent that it is. Think if we hadn't let all those career diplomats leave the State Department this would have been intuitively obvious.
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He's not wrong. Ironically, Trump's utter incompetence has seen us removed from the process entirely, and for the better. Now that the ball has been dropped yet again, it may actually follow through entirely without so much as bothering to look our way.
Strictly speaking, this drastic loss of influence and lack of support from our allies is a bad thing for America. With 45 at the helm, though, it may just be good for the world.
Strictly speaking, this drastic loss of influence and lack of support from our allies is a bad thing for America. With 45 at the helm, though, it may just be good for the world.
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