03-28-2018, 03:38 PM
(03-28-2018, 03:34 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Well let's just hope he's ignorant enough to have the face to face meeting and open a direct dialog. But I'm sure somebody, somewhere that knows how foreign policy works is saying such a meeting should not occur because.........
Because a head of state meeting is the last step in a negotiations process. It takes place after details are discussed in an open dialogue between diplomats. Having the meeting gives Kim a win already without have to give up anything and takes away any real leverage Trump has.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
