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WhiskeyGrinder

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2. It's about NK wanting to be treated like a "real" country, and using its firepower to bring the U.S.
Thu Mar 8, 2018, 09:48 PM
Mar 2018

to the table, something it's been pushing for for more than 20 years. It's already gotten what it wanted and had to give up nothing. It's in a strong position and the U.S. now has to negotiate with what not so long ago was part of the so called "axis of evil." If talks fail, it's the end of diplomacy and the only option is a military option. Otherwise we keep kicking the can down the road the way we have been for years.

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