06-12-2018, 11:47 AM
(06-12-2018, 11:42 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: In all seriousness, one reason that we have not had POTUS meet with a Kim until this point is because it is a public win for them. It legitimizes their place as a world leader. By giving Kim that without any guarantees does take away leverage, because that alone is a win for them. We can debate until we're blue in the face whether doing so was smart, but this summit was a win for Kim on the world stage more than anyone else.
Yes, it was a win in the sense that it was a reverse of the utterly failed US tactics of the past 60 years. I take a different view, changing tactics when the old tactic is a proven failure, at every level, is smart. If you're of the opinion that a photo op he can brag about back home is too high a cost to potentially stabilize a situation that has been volatile for over half a century then nothing Trump is doing here will please you. I stand by the statement, we've started a very important process and we gave away nothing to do it.
As an aside, anyone hear Acosta shouting out questions during the event? I'd revoke that guy's press credentials yesterday.
