tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post4715046592076090515..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Trump-Kim summit: brief thoughtsKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-42270751814838038222018-06-12T22:55:07.938+09:002018-06-12T22:55:07.938+09:00I've argued for many months that the quickest,...I've argued for many months that the quickest, surest path to peace is for the US to accept the DPRK's nukes, while ensuring it dismantles its ICBMs, meaning a strike on the US would be all but impossible, and also guarantees nonproliferation of WMDs to countries like Iran and Syria.<br /><br />The joint statement released in Singapore does not mention CVID but does reiterate the DPRK's vague commitment to "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," which most North Korea watchers argue will never happen.<br /><br />I think this is a de-facto way for Trump to accept the DPRK's nukes without having to face a backlash from the neocons and hawks in Washington. The model here is similar to how RLDs operate in South Korea: They are officially illegal, yet there is always a police station nearby just to keep an eye on things. This is a reasonable compromise, since the public would be outraged if prostitution were legalized here, even if most will concede that they provide a necessary outlet.<br /><br />In other words, less CVID, more of an ROK RLD thing. I think it could work!King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-10585674634970481822018-06-12T19:02:13.341+09:002018-06-12T19:02:13.341+09:00I think this is the best we could have hoped for. ...I think this is the best we could have hoped for. As I saw Trump say afterward, there were no missiles flying, so... win?Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com