The focus of the upcoming summit is all about trump and Kim Jong-Un but credit probably belongs...

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to President Moon and the South Koreans for insisting on including NK's athletes and delegation into the recently concluded Olympics.

It was a brilliant diplomatic stroke and it apparently did what Kim Jong-Un wanted all along—to be included on the world stage.

trump stupidly agreed to the summit without getting a thing for it.

All that was probably on his mind was to get bad headlines off the news of Stormy Daniels and his other hastily un-thought out move, the tariffs.

[Sophia4]

1. And the American people don't care one way or the other about North Koreans.

China and Russia aren't the kind of threat to us that they were in the 1950s. That is very evident from the lack of interest in North Korea on the part of Americans on the internet.

North Korea would be wise to take advantage of this opportunity to make peace.

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3. What the...? Hawiians are suddenly not Americans? They were scared shitless by that mistaken...

incoming missile message a few weeks ago.

I don't know what Americans you have contact with but none that I inow of wants a nuke war with North Korea.

[Sophia4]

5. I'm in California. Americans don't want a war with North Korea, but Americans have

no quarrel with North Korea at the same time.

We mostly could care less about North Korea. We just don't want it bombing us.

But what North Koreans want to do as long as they leave us alone and don't spread terrible weapons around the world, Americans have no desire too interfere in North Korea or correct their horrible government.

We don't want North Korean bombs, but the American people are not all that anti-North Korea. We don't like the country's exporting its terrible weapons. That's the only problem we have with North Korea. And they should leave South Korea alone. South Korea's future should be decided by South Koreans.

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7. I disagree with your premise. Americans within the reach of NK missiles are indeed concerned...

and btw, California and of course Hawaii are within that range.

[Sophia4]

16. Yes. We are within that range. But I never hear my neighbors talking about North

Korea.

[shanny]

6. Do you get the impression--as I do--

that the world is not nearly as dangerous as the MIC would have us think?

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Im a lot less optimistic. Un sees a weakness,

and his name is Trumpy, who sees himself as the smartest person on the planet. Un will clean his clock.

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4. I have absolutely no faith in trump's negotiating skills either. But South Korea's diplomacy...

in including NK in the Olympics seems to have softened Jung-Un, which only goes to show that diplomacy can work.

Of course that's lost on trump's addled brain.

[FSogol]

8. Bad decision (natch) by Trumpy. The US gets nothing and Kim Jong-Un, normally treated like the

awkward kid gets to stand next to Trumpy as an equal. Win win for North Korea.

[B2G]

9. What is the US supposed to 'get' right now? nt

[FSogol]

10. It is just a meeting between two narcissistic leaders. It is not a promise to have talks.

If these leaders want to meet, there should be some assurances about ratcheting down tensions at the very least.

[B2G]

11. Well NK has said no more missle tests for now.

I view that as a good thing.

Not sure what else you're looking for before they all meet.

[FSogol]

12. I don't think they will ever meet. Trump was just looking for some distractions.

Trump is all talk. The no more missile test is a direct result of S Korean diplomacy. S Korea doesn't mind the two buffoons parading around as long as it makes them safer.

[B2G]

13. Welp, you may be right.

Time will tell. In the meantime, it's good that no more missiles are flying about.

[FSogol]

15. Agreed. It is good S Korea's president was able to undo all the damage caused by Trumpy. n/t

[Initech]

14. Actually I think it's all about Putin.

You know he's the one pulling the strings in this whole thing. Denuclearize one threat and people will forget that he's got a giant smart missile called "Satan 2" aimed right at us. Classic bait and switch technique.