02-28-2019, 12:18 PM
(02-28-2019, 12:06 PM)jj22 Wrote: That's not true. Kim has the full support and defense of the American President (supposedly the leader of the free world). This is unprecedented. Kim is now held in higher standards then any of our WWI and WWII allies as well as many of the nations that stood with us against Iraq and Afghanistan. You can't claim it was like that under Obama who Trump claims was on the verge of blowing him off the map.
If Trump is a legitimate president then he's made Kim the 3rd most powerful leader of the world (Putin is 1st), and that is what Kim wanted. To be legitimized in that way.
The most polite way I can say this is, this entire post is silly.
(02-28-2019, 12:06 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: When two heads of state meet in that way it presents an image of equality of standing. It puts Kim on par with leaders of other nations in the international hierarchy, something they lacked until Trump because of the refusal of major Western leaders to meet with them. I'm not going to pretend to know all the ins and outs, because foreign policy isn't my thing, but every foreign policy wonk I know or whose opinion I value, is saying this same thing. Conservatives and liberals. They will also tell you that the standing of Kim and the DPRK is definitely not exactly the same as it was during Obama's tenure.
I'd love for someone to point out how it's different other than "muh feels". No one who didn't support them supports them now and vice versa. N. Korea is exactly what it's been for the past seventy years, a useful distraction for Russia/USSR and a buffer zone between China and US influence. That's all it will ever be unless it makes radical changes.
