North Korea calls for peace treaty with US

Widespread mistrust in the US is an understatement....

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Geeez. Every time I read things like this it reminds me how juvenile we are as a species. I can't believe nobody can outsmart this yoyo. It always reminds me of teenage girls. "I'm not talking to her. So there"

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It's not a matter of out-smarting him, it's a matter of the fact that NK has Seoul held hostage to it's demands. Seoul is within easy reach of NK's artillery batteries, making it a huge bargaining chip in any negotiation process. NK has for decades used this as unspoken leverage to get whatever they want, because we have no way stopping them from killing hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people. We can knock out the artillery emplacements, but not fast enough to stop them getting off a few rounds. And if you think that the only thing NK's artillery shells are loaded with is explosives, then you're simply fooling yourself. ONE NK artillery barrage would probably dump enough chem. weaponry into Seoul to kill half the city. We can stop artillery barrage number 2, but the first one is unstoppable. All of this means that we are negotiating with a country that is using M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) as a bargaining chip and using it very well.

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They just want more aid since they seem to have a policy of mistreatingtheir own people.

So trrue but it come for others actions like NK. Plus many defense papers say N. Korea, is our worst problem in the future.

Like many I hope this is a good start with peace the out come.

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I think the key here is China,they need to become far more supportive of our policy.

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The Optimist expects it to change.
The Realist adjust the sails - William A. Ward

Very true and I agree. But my point was that these papers, studies etc., are done on one country at a time. I should have mentioned that, but I was trying not to go to deep and get blasted.

Seems I get someone who has a different opinion and they come at me more than I like.
So I try to tone it down and keep it short. Look at the Credit card post I made in the Current news.. DC attacked me for no solid reason. And all I said was so short....

So I try to watch my back... I want to share my opinion deeper but it isn't worth the greef I get.

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I hear ya....some people are just cruising for a fight not Discussion.Anyway..China is a factor here,a major factor!

The US will need to show that North Korea faces some kind of consequence and not just talk about it.One would think that China is much more concerned than they are willing to admit!!! The NK continues to play a game of bluff and extortion. At some point..someone will call their hand.

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The Pessimist complains about the wind.
The Optimist expects it to change.
The Realist adjust the sails - William A. Ward

Reunification

North Korea wins ...... no longer needs high expenditures for "defense" and gets food and industrial capitalization.
South Korea wins.... war ends.
China wins ...... gets super trading partner and no longer has to support North Korea and lessens "tension".
America.... who cares?

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Sure but that's a long way off...maybe 25 years down the road.

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