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if it weren't as serious as this could be, it would actually be funny!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/97124088/kim-jong-un-deranged-trump-will-pay-dearly-for-threat
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haha, if this is what keeps his people thinking he is not bowing to US pressure, then great!
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Struggling to see any point to Trumps tweets about this
Not saying anything any adult in the world doesn't already know since the 80s - the US Military (not Trump) will annihilate any country (other than Russia China) that strikes US soil in about 48 hours. No need to publicly brag, and that's all he's doing.
Feel for the nations around Korea that didn't vote for this shit stirrer -
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It’s almost like magic. (The Art Of The Deal.)
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@salacious-crumb nah. That doesn't wash because North Korea already knows what will happen if they bomb the US. They have private communication outlining that.
Why the need to skite (deter) so publicly?
Why send all us people on twitter this deterrence message?
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@siam said in North Korea:
@salacious-crumb nah. That doesn't wash because North Korea already knows what will happen if they bomb the US. They have private communication outlining that.
Why the need to skite (deter) so publicly?
Why send all us people on twitter this deterrence message?
He’s sending it to the people of North Korea (and China). True, Dear Leader Rocket Man will doubtless do everything possible to deter his people from getting that message, and unless you have a problem with that, maybe that’s the whole persuasive point. The sick pathetic repressive North Korea regime that starves it’s people of food & human rights isn’t going to be brought down by missiles; it’ll be brought down by trade and internal pressure. If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, then maybe Donald is trying a sane alternative to break the cycle. It’s a shame FDR didn’t have twitter account to communicate directly to the German people in the mid-1930s.
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@salacious-crumb said in North Korea:
@siam said in North Korea:
@salacious-crumb nah. That doesn't wash because North Korea already knows what will happen if they bomb the US. They have private communication outlining that.
Why the need to skite (deter) so publicly?
Why send all us people on twitter this deterrence message?
He’s sending it to the people of North Korea (and China). True, Dear Leader Rocket Man will doubtless do everything possible to deter his people from getting that message, and unless you have a problem with that, maybe that’s the whole persuasive point. The sick pathetic repressive North Korea regime that starves it’s people of food & human rights isn’t going to be brought down by missiles; it’ll be brought down by trade and internal pressure. If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, then maybe Donald is trying a sane alternative to break the cycle. It’s a shame FDR didn’t have twitter account to communicate directly to the German people in the mid-1930s.
You might be right in who he is sending the message to and in the case of China it might even be worthwhile. But the NK population has no say and cannot influence the Dear Leader. To my mind it is still worthwhile sending the message because what does it cost? Though I would still say that he could have sent the message in much better terms.
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@catogrande said in North Korea:
But the NK population has no say and cannot influence the Dear Leader.
People in Iran probably feel the same. Some are putting their lives on the line to stand up to their tyrant.
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What I do find awfully amusing about media & politicos losing their shit about Trump retaliating to Dear Leader’s boast about his (tiny) nuclear stockpile, is that these same knuckleheads were only months ago sabre-rattling provocations against Russia, which has a very real and huge nuclear stockpile, declaring that a completely unproven cyber-hack was an “act of war.” Never heard a peep from CNN about how deplorable that situation was, yet Drumpf’s tweets are the end of the world!!!!
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@salacious-crumb said in North Korea:
@catogrande said in North Korea:
But the NK population has no say and cannot influence the Dear Leader.
People in Iran probably feel the same. Some are putting their lives on the line to stand up to their tyrant.
Apples and oranges in relation to the populace and for that matter the geography and dispersion of the populace.
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@salacious-crumb North Korea, China (and Iran) don't have twitter
Nuclear war posturing via twitter looks a lot like grotesque attention seeking behaviour in this instance.
It's no more than " my dad could beat your dad in a fight" -
@siam said in North Korea:
@salacious-crumb North Korea, China (and Iran) don't have twitter
Nuclear war posturing via twitter looks a lot like grotesque attention seeking behaviour in this instance.
It's no more than " my dad could beat your dad in a fight"There are people in Iran and China that are accessing twitter against their governments will. NK... who knows, seems like next level oppression there so perhaps not.
I agree when you first read the tweet WTF comes to mind, we've never had this type of stuff from the American President before.
But, the situation in places like NK and Iran, and Pakistan for that matter have been festering away for decades with no meaningful action at all. Obama really just tried to be a nice guy and appease everyone, which has only allowed things to worsen in hindsight.
I'm OK with a different approach, as something has to give with these countries - sooner rather than later is probably best. Reaching out to people via social media is not the worst idea.
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@taniwharugby said in North Korea:
@siam you don't reckon Kim lurks on Twitter?
Everytime Trump claims his twitter account was hacked it's Kim!!
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@no-quarter a different approach sure but you're assuming the people will put Trumps point of view ahead of their own country.
Tweeting nuclear threats?
How do you react to threats?
I can tell you that Asians universally react with a big " fuck you"
We've dealt with nuclear threats before with Russia and Mao. Reagan even wrote about how he had to water down his messages during the cold war. He was worried about panicking the populace.
We dealt with those leaders and threats with behind the scenes diplomacy and negotiation.It worked
Trumps tweets serve no purpose but to shine light on himself. No other purpose or effectiveness at all.
Reminds me of the mouthy fluffybunny in a pub safe in the knowledge his mates will do all the fighting if something kicks off
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