Posted on 03/08/2018 10:56:41 PM PST by NRx
For the moment, at least, it appears to be a clear-cut victory — the biggest foreign policy win of his young administration. President Trump has brought his arch-nemesis, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a.k.a. “Little Rocket Man,” to the table to negotiate away his nuclear arsenal.
Optimists declared a major breakthrough. Even pessimists acknowledged that Trump’s hard line against Pyongyang, after decades of less forceful U.S. effort, played a significant role in moving one of the world’s most vexing and threatening problems in a potentially positive direction.
But in the afterglow of the surprise announcement — hinted by Trump in a teasing visit to the White House press room and soon confirmed by South Korea’s national security adviser, standing in the West Wing driveway — questions were fast and furious.
Were direct talks between Kim and Trump, two notably volatile leaders who have traded public insults for more than a year, the best way to start what are sure to be complicated negotiations? Was the administration, whose thin bench of experienced experts seems to be growing slimmer by the day, ready to face those wily and untrustworthy North Koreans? The talks, U.S. and South Korean officials said, would take place before the end of May.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bellicose \Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of
war, fr. bellum war. See Duel.]
Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.
[1913 Webster]
Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
bellicose
adj 1: having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
"bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a
contentious nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose,
combative]
Oh no no no, I'm a pocket man
Pocket man... burning out his fuse up here alone
The Rats are already claiming Putin ordered him to do it.
It is actually Obama’s policies that are finally working, just like with the U.S. economy.
The only thing that is bellicose is the WaPoo.
“Kim and Trump, two notably volatile leaders”
Trump is “volatile”? He seems pretty measured and calm most of the time (in spite of being attacked 24/7).
Kim tried one way to get something he wants, now he’s trying another. Grow up WaPo.
Sorry, but WaPo didn't write anything nice about Trump. Their piece is dripping with skepticism and insults.
OK so this is a definite win for Kim. North Korean leaders have been trying to meet U.S. leaders on a equal footing for 70 years. But what’s in this for the U.S. and South Korea?
”North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a.k.a. “Little Rocket Man,” to the table to negotiate away his nuclear arsenal.”
The writer of this piece sounds disappointed.
Just wait to see what happens if it leads to him winning the Nobel Peace Prize. :-)
Patently absurd. Kim is a tar baby.
Is that how their describing aiding and abetting now?
Trump would even get nominated?! He’s not a pathological liar or a mass murderer. They would never give it to someone just because he prevented nuclear Armageddon.
If one were cynical, one could suspect the half-century impasse was done to push U.S. weapons sales on S. Koran from connected defense contractors. But that would imply the existence of a military industrial government complex more interested in lining its own pockets at the expense of the public than in actually working to solve problems. A terribly cynical view. Terrible.
That was my first thought as I read that statement!
Were direct talks between Kim and Trump, two notably volatile leaders who have traded public insults for more than a year, the best way to start what are sure to be complicated negotiations?
They scream at him to arrange a way to talk to the North Korean dictator (despite the fact that their "savior" was unable to get anywhere with the NORKs. Then, when he arrange to talk to the North Korean dictator, they question whether he should talk to the North Korean dictator.
Backhanded compliments will quickly turn to undermining statements from the left.
Is that you, Hillary?
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