03-28-2018, 04:25 PM
(03-28-2018, 03:58 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I guess the back channel work by SK and China were just coincidental?
After a clear push by trump.
They are always doing their thing with NK. We have nothing to do with that, especially given that we don't have a diplomatic presence to do anything.
(03-28-2018, 04:17 PM)bfine32 Wrote: If you say so. I have no problem with heads of state meeting face to face in any step of the negotiation process, but admittedly, I don't know how it is "supposed" to work. As the "correct" method has been extremely fruitful in NK relations.
Well, I'm just going off of former NSC staffers, intelligence community members, State Department officials, and other foreign policy experts. I rely on them to tell me how it is supposed to work and how Trump is giving up leverage in this situation.
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