Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by nlh on Friday April 27, 2018 @10:14AM
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It is possible, but extremely unlikely given the evidence.
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Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by cvwright on Friday April 27, 2018 @11:32AM
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They said the same thing about Reagan, and he brought down the Soviets in a similar way.
It seems that no amount of evidence is enough for some people.
Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by bjourne on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:03PM
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Reagan didn't: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/le... The SU was brought down by Gorbachev, economic stagnation, the Afghan war and alcoholism -- not Reagan.
Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by Clubber on Friday April 27, 2018 @01:17PM
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Ya Reagan just took credit for it. They took down the wall 2 years after his "tear down this wall speech." It's a myth.
Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by paulie_a on Friday April 27, 2018 @03:57PM
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Reagan didn't. The Soviet Union crashed their own empire. This myth of him being a fiscal conservative while outspending the ussr on misguided military programs is something that needs to go away.
Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by ropeadopepope on Friday April 27, 2018 @02:38PM
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You mean evidence like this?
"South Korea’s Foreign Minister tells me in Seoul that “clearly credit goes to President Trump” for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table."
https://twitter.com/camanpour/status/989423486438379520
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Some more evidence, this time of fear and projection: "Why Kanye West's Pro-Trump Tweets Are a Real Threat"
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-kanye-wests-pro-...
Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by asfasgasg on Friday April 27, 2018 @02:49PM
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This is the secret genius hypothesis. I don't give it much credit, considering how the administration is flailing on almost every other front. It is possible that all of this was Trump being very clever. But it is as easily explained by him being an impulsive fool, and that explains all the rest as well. But if he keeps on making big foreign policy gains like this, then I may have to reevaluate.
FWIW, this definitely caused me to up my estimation of him. It went from "absolutely dismal," to "very bad." I'll also note that it's just a bit too early to tell whether this will ultimately result in a good outcome. Shaking hands is a big step. But actions talk louder than photo ops.
Re:Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denucleariz...
by ConceptJunkie on Friday April 27, 2018 @01:18PM
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If you ignore his tweeting, which frankly, is embarrassing more than it's informative, and get your news from somewhere other than CNN, you might realize that Trump's actually getting a lot of good stuff done.