(08-11-2017, 06:46 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(08-11-2017, 02:37 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: When you get Generals running things, every solution is...WAR!  That should be just the ticket for the collapsing economies of both USA and China. /s

Actually, I've been very pleasantly surprised with Mattis' calm, collected response. If he and Tillerson can keep Trump's hand (and mouth) away from the big red button, I think we're good.

I think Trump's instincts are actually pretty good on this.  Diplomatic talk hasn't done anything to curtail the efforts by North Korea to develop nuclear weapons, or delivery systems to launch them.  In fact, it's that crappy diplomatic approach deployed by every administration over the past 20+ years that has brought us to the precipice of war.  Trump truly did inherit a mess here, and I think that his rhetoric is actually refreshing.  In the end, I think it will force a more stringent response from the world community to deal with North Korea, and it won't require a single shot fired...unless the bullet ends up in that giant melon in NK.

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