(06-24-2018 06:20 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 04:37 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 12:06 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Unification has been the goal of the North for 60 years. Not one knows what their idea of unification looks like, though.

Considering the cost of integrating East Germany into West the cost the South Korean economy is going to be astronomical.

But, that isn't our consideration but theres.

Do you think the Chinese would prefer a unified Korea that looks like South Korea or looks more like China?

Will Kim Jong Un be the Supreme Leader or would it be the democratically elected Moon Jae-in?

The answer to your first question is obvious IMHO. If the Chinese were afraid of N. Korea looking like S. Korea, we wouldn't be having this conversation today......unless the whole thing is a giant ruse to get the West to step into a trap.

Sorry Mensa, but I think your hopes of a world-wide nuclear war to blame on Trump are fading, and fast.

Don't know the answer to your second question but I would lean towards a democratically-elected government eventually with western guarantees for Kim's saftety......perhaps some power-sharing agreement as well.

(06-24-2018 06:20 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

Quote:“All the anti-American posters I usually see around Kim Il-sung Square and at shops, they’ve all just gone,” Rowan Beard, a tour manager at Young Pioneer Tours, told Reuters. “In five years working in North Korea, I’ve never seen them completely disappear before.”

While there have been plenty of positive signs over the last few months including the obvious, the summit itself, this particular story is more signficant than many may realize.

Kim could have easily left the anti-American posters in-place while negotiations continue behind the scenes and no one on the "outside world" would thought anything negative about it.

That he's obviously preparing his own people for a different narrative means to me that he believes the negotiations will be successful and that significant changes are on the way.

that's XACLY! what fat boy is doing.....

again.....this is monu-fkn-mental....

(06-24-2018 06:27 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 06:20 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 04:37 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 12:06 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Unification has been the goal of the North for 60 years. Not one knows what their idea of unification looks like, though.

Considering the cost of integrating East Germany into West the cost the South Korean economy is going to be astronomical.

But, that isn't our consideration but theres.

Do you think the Chinese would prefer a unified Korea that looks like South Korea or looks more like China?

Will Kim Jong Un be the Supreme Leader or would it be the democratically elected Moon Jae-in?

The answer to your first question is obvious IMHO. If the Chinese were afraid of N. Korea looking like S. Korea, we wouldn't be having this conversation today......unless the whole thing is a giant ruse to get the West to step into a trap.

Sorry Mensa, but I think your hopes of a world-wide nuclear war to blame on Trump are fading, and fast.

Don't know the answer to your second question but I would lean towards a democratically-elected government eventually with western guarantees for Kim's saftety......perhaps some power-sharing agreement as well.

they were begging for it......

and don't kid yourself......#DJTexperiment would've administered a strategical strike if req'd......

you just don't fk around with people like that cat......you simply DO NOT.......

(06-24-2018 06:28 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 06:20 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

Quote:“All the anti-American posters I usually see around Kim Il-sung Square and at shops, they’ve all just gone,” Rowan Beard, a tour manager at Young Pioneer Tours, told Reuters. “In five years working in North Korea, I’ve never seen them completely disappear before.”

While there have been plenty of positive signs over the last few months including the obvious, the summit itself, this particular story is more signficant than many may realize.

Kim could have easily left the anti-American posters in-place while negotiations continue behind the scenes and no one on the "outside world" would thought anything negative about it.

That he's obviously preparing his own people for a different narrative means to me that he believes the negotiations will be successful and that significant changes are on the way.

that's XACLY! what fat boy is doing.....

again.....this is monu-fkn-mental....

Think about it stink.

By removing the posters and issuing instructions to N. Korea's media to dramatically change their tone and stories about America, who is being pressured in the end? It's Kim himself, no?

If the whole thing falls through, sure, Kim can always blame the evil Americans. But then in the eyes of his people that would make him look like a fool, and weak, for having fallen for American treachery.

(06-24-2018 06:34 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 06:28 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(06-24-2018 06:20 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

Quote:“All the anti-American posters I usually see around Kim Il-sung Square and at shops, they’ve all just gone,” Rowan Beard, a tour manager at Young Pioneer Tours, told Reuters. “In five years working in North Korea, I’ve never seen them completely disappear before.”

While there have been plenty of positive signs over the last few months including the obvious, the summit itself, this particular story is more signficant than many may realize.

Kim could have easily left the anti-American posters in-place while negotiations continue behind the scenes and no one on the "outside world" would thought anything negative about it.

That he's obviously preparing his own people for a different narrative means to me that he believes the negotiations will be successful and that significant changes are on the way.

that's XACLY! what fat boy is doing.....

again.....this is monu-fkn-mental....

Think about it stink.

By removing the posters and issuing instructions to N. Korea's media to dramatically change their tone and stories about America, who is being pressured in the end? It's Kim himself, no?

If the whole thing falls through, sure, Kim can always blame the evil Americans. But then in the eyes of his people that would make him look like a fool, and weak, for having fallen for American treachery.

XACLY!..... already had given it thought and why I responded......

I was playing chess and canasta when I was 4......

I know that sounds pompous......but she be what she be.......this is where the rest of my Yogi-isms become my friend to dumb it down.....

too many do not understand the genius of #sadisticDJTnegotiator

they never had a clue it was plausible, possible, or whatever-ism one wants to come with.....

ya gotta have that mind to understand......