09-20-2017, 01:45 PM
(09-20-2017, 01:16 PM)GMDino Wrote: To be honest...not just mine.
I'd like to believe that most people do not want the POTUS using names rather than the actual names of other world leaders. Especially when discussing a serious issue.
But then a lot of Trump's supporters think his name calling tweets are signs of a strong leader. Of course this wasn't a tweet from the bathroom at 6am either.
I mean, there might be an example of another speech by a world leader on the world stage where they used a nick name they made up to discuss another country's leader, but I am unaware of it.
It's certainly not typical, but nor is it unheard of. Some have likened it to Kruschev, others have likened it to Hugo Chavez. The Chavez analogy amuses me quite a bit, seeing how Chavez is/was a darling of the far left who absolutely ate up his speeches about Bush and the stench of brimstone. I suppose this kind of speech is appealing or unappealing based on whether you find the speaker and target appealing or unappealing.
(09-20-2017, 01:18 PM)GMDino Wrote: Like saying we will completely destroy another nation but not giving the parameters that would cause that? Or just calling terrorists "losers"?
Actually that kind of sums up the entire Trump platform or "plan".
No, not at all like that.
(09-20-2017, 01:19 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I don't think hurling insults at someone capable of killing millions of our allies and potentially tens of thousands of Americans is an appropriate way of dealing with the leader of a rogue nation who has destructive tendencies and is probably emotionally stunted. I'm not saying this is why Kim may act, but it certainly would help push him to make "madman" decisions.
Then again, maybe it's the ol' Nixon madman ploy?
From a different standpoint, I think the tendencies of Chavez and Kim 2 and 3 to hurl insults was a symptom of their irrelevance. Seeing it from our leader makes us seem equally childish and unfit to be world leaders, potentially damaging our position within the global community (though it'll take a lot more to truly have us on the outs).
You make solid points, as usual. I do think part of it is the "madman" tactic. What can be stated without doubt is that standard approaches to North Korea have not worked and are unlikely to work. Whether the current Trump "strategy" will work or not remains to be seen.
(09-20-2017, 01:22 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: It's an honor just to be nominated. I'll take your nonanswer as a, "Yes."
By your logic, I shouldn't be bothered by anything because everything is what it is. So therefore, all the people who bother you shouldn't because that is who they are.
Let's be honest, your question didn't deserve a serious answer because it was inane, and no, your second point is erroneous as well.
