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The problem that is North Korea
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 Stirlingsays  14 May 17 10.23am |
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The policy on North Korea is seemingly to wait until it is powerful enough to blackmail western and regional states for money and influence to avoid nuclear war. Leaders preferring to pass on the problem to the next administration. In history it's a bit like paying the danegeld to avoid the raiding Vikings....the softness of the rich and entitled west exposed on the world stage. Anyone have any thoughts on the issue?
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| Mapletree Croydon 14 May 17 10.47am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
The policy on North Korea is seemingly to wait until it is powerful enough to blackmail western and regional states for money and influence to avoid nuclear war. Leaders preferring to pass on the problem to the next administration. In history it's a bit like paying the danegeld to avoid the raiding Vikings....the softness of the rich and entitled west exposed on the world stage. Anyone have any thoughts on the issue? I think we should let them have some of the technology we no longer need. I am thinking in particular of NHS software.
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 14 May 17 10.51am |
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Trump has it in hand, what could possibly go wrong?
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| Stirlingsays 14 May 17 12.48pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
I think we should let them have some of the technology we no longer need. I am thinking in particular of NHS software.
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| Stirlingsays 14 May 17 12.53pm |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
Trump has it in hand, what could possibly go wrong? Well...to be frank it was Obama who let it get to this stage. Trump has been left with the problem when Obama could have been decisive when NK's ability to retaliate was far less effective. But all those hand wringers out there love to let the nightmares build up until the potential for proper death numbers can really give them something to moan about. Those who call for inaction are just as guilty, if not more so, as those who call for intervention that doesn't go well.
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 14 May 17 2.51pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
I think we should let them have some of the technology we no longer need. I am thinking in particular of NHS software. Excellent
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 14 May 17 3.37pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Well...to be frank it was Obama who let it get to this stage. Trump has been left with the problem when Obama could have been decisive when NK's ability to retaliate was far less effective. But all those hand wringers out there love to let the nightmares build up until the potential for proper death numbers can really give them something to moan about. Those who call for inaction are just as guilty, if not more so, as those who call for intervention that doesn't go well. They weren't that great under Nixon. Why didn't he do anything about it? Edited by nickgusset (14 May 2017 3.37pm)
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 14 May 17 3.51pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Well...to be frank it was Obama who let it get to this stage. Trump has been left with the problem when Obama could have been decisive when NK's ability to retaliate was far less effective. But all those hand wringers out there love to let the nightmares build up until the potential for proper death numbers can really give them something to moan about. Those who call for inaction are just as guilty, if not more so, as those who call for intervention that doesn't go well. North Korea has been a problem for a long long time.
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| Stirlingsays 14 May 17 6.52pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
They weren't that great under Nixon. Why didn't he do anything about it? Edited by nickgusset (14 May 2017 3.37pm) ? Please inform me of the risks to the west that North Korea posed during Nixon's time in office. Edited by Stirlingsays (14 May 2017 6.57pm)
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| Stirlingsays 14 May 17 6.55pm |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
North Korea has been a problem for a long long time. Sure....but only a threat to the west recently. Obama has allowed this problem to bloom....and you want to talk about Trump being a problem. If Trump ends his term with NK being even an equal threat to how Obama left it then he would have done better. Obama's foreign policy was continued failure in most areas. Still, just as long as he comes across well eh.
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Slimey Toad  Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 14 May 17 11.23pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
I think we should let them have some of the technology we no longer need. I am thinking in particular of NHS software. Yep, I can see the headline in The Daily Hate (Mail): NHS managers splurge hundreds of thousands on unecessary Windows update.
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 15 May 17 8.15am |
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The most significant problem with "doing something" about North Korea is their great mate China.
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