The News Thread

[rms]

That was just the liberal fear of having their social, political and geographic bubble of California destroyed.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... i doubt its legit fear. That's what they're pushing to the plebs out here though. And who else eats the shit they're shoveled better than Californians?

 

[Nate Skalman]

It's time for Team America 2 starring Kim Jong Un

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

.... fuckk yeaaaahhhhh!

I'm one of the few people who actually thought it was crap. Everyone else i know loves it. Funnest parts where when they spoke "arabic". Durka durka

 

[Nate Skalman]

I honestly think North Korea is desperate and putting on a show to make the UN think that have nukes. I don't believe they do and think it's hype. They claim to have miniaturized nuclear warheads but they're not the first desperate 3rd world country to bluff about going nuclear. Cutting off their resources has been the collective decision

 

[Nate Skalman]

...funny as fuck!!

 

[CiG]

MATT DAMONNNN.

 

[Nate Skalman]

Arec Bawdwin...lol, everytime I see celebrities I think of a team America version now

 

[Nate Skalman]

They need a whole new Hollywood line up to rip on in part 2

 

[CiG]

Oh there's so damn many.
J.K. Rowling can also be thrown in.

 

[Nate Skalman]

Anderson Cooper

 

[Nate Skalman]

Hosted by Ryan Seacrest...busted by Chris Hansen lol!!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It's hilarious how Clinton, W, and Obama all got a pass on NK's gradually developing nuclear capabilities but now everything involving that is Trump's fault.

 

[Einherjar86]

It's not entirely his fault. He just clearly has no idea how to handle it.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

How should it be handled?

 

[Einherjar86]

I don't know, but I'm not president.

I'm inclined to say that actively goading a country with an unstable leader and one of the most closely-controlled media engines in the world isn't the best policy procedure at this moment.

The reason Trump appeals to so many people is that he embodies the notion that anyone can be president. You don't need to be smart or intellectual--just be you, and you can do it! That's what Trump's doing. Might equals right.

Unfortunately, not just anyone should be president. Including me.

 

[rms]

It's not entirely his fault. He just clearly has no idea how to handle it.

forcing China to neuter NK is the best policy. and i gotta be honest, 'rocket man' cracked me up

 

[Einherjar86]

Couldn't he do that without also goading NK into a violent conflict? If they feel like they have the least to lose... I'm no foreign policy expert, but I do not understand the logic behind his comments. It looks like a spitting match to me.

 

[rms]

if that's the perspective, you will never know if his way was the only way and I think that's not a good argument.

if Trump maintained the status quo, at what point would China be forced to contain NK? Would NK become more powerful while we waited for China to turn on its neighbor? Would SK elect a new leader who would be 'tougher' on NK? Japan after building it's army?

The goading is apparently working, not goading hasn't worked. It could all change tomorrow, but today Trump's method is the superior one objectively

 

[Dak]

If it's a fear that NK reaches a point of nuclear development to place them on the MAD axis, something should have been done earlier. China is their MAD shield by proxy, so if NK can be goaded into acting in such a way where China won't back them/gets tougher on them, it's a solid strategy. That said, I said strategy tongue in cheek because Trump is just being Trump.