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Topic | Politics Containment Topic 120: A Nationally Lampooned Vacation |
red sox 777 08/09/17 2:50:06 PM #181: | LordoftheMorons posted... red sox 777 posted...That wasn't a red line, any more than NK's weekly promises to unleash nuclear war over the slightest provocation. NK can't cross a red line that doesn't exist. No reasonable person understood it as a genuine red line, so no credibility will be lost. Like, asking NK not to threaten? That's like asking someone to stop breathing. It's about as plausible as the German ultimatum to Belgium in 1914. Threatening others is the foundation of the existence of the North Korean state. There was no way they would comply with that, meaning either it was not a red line but just bluster, or it was an ultimatum designed to offer a pretext for a war. But I think everyone knew it wasn't the latter, from the moment it was said. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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