(03-15-2018, 12:53 PM)Adam2012 Wrote:

(03-15-2018, 11:09 AM)FBT Wrote: Obama, the messiah, was never able to do anything other than to allow NK to build their nuclear program while basically torturing and ultimately murdering an American citizen.  In fact, he pretty much ignored NK for the most part because he was desperately fixated on trying to secure a deal with Iran to bolster his legacy.  That has been proven to be a complete joke, including sending them almost $2 billion in cash that no doubt has gone toward hardening their weapons systems and bolstering their nuclear programs.

Trump wins in this instance either way since this is the first time North Korea has even blinked at stopping their nuclear ambitions and working toward some form of normalization.    The approach this administration has used of leveraging our relationships with other nations in the region to step up and help apply pressure is something no other president has bothered to try, and it appears to be having an impact.  Between sanctions and other pressures being applied, you've seen a pretty sudden and dramatic change in the rhetoric coming from North Korea.

Boy, you're sure making a lot of assumptions. You channeling Sarah Sanders?

Nothing has changed in NK and until it does I'd hold off on that Nobel Prize. We know Donald is willing to give NK what they want - recognition that they are on the same level as the United States. Their president is willing to meet with us!

I wouldn't bet the farm of this meeting actually happening.

Oh - and that money "given" to Iran was their money. Funny how you always forget to mention that.

Meeting assumptions with your own assumptions?

You understand that money, while theirs, was sanctioned/blocked for reasons of state sponsored terrorism, WMD procurement, etc.? Here is the list going back to 1981, if interested (E.O.s). Funny how the previous administration tried to bolster its legacy on giving a country their own blood money back. I wouldn't bet the farm on JCPOA changing a thing in Iran...except affording them the opportunity to boost hezzbollah, houthis, factions in Iraq, and interference in Syria. It's no secret Iran wants a second coming of the Persian Empire and will do anything to get it.

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