South Korea Proposes Peace Talks with North Korea
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laughing out loud out loud out loud?
blackascoal
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Putin has been forced into positions he doesn't want to take, thus he may have learned a thing or two about compromise and agreements.
That remains to be seen though.
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The Superb Owl
Not sure why you ascribe that ambition to him. If he wanted to dominate anything he could have stayed in real estate. I'm absolutely OK with seeing where we are in a few years.
blackascoal
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In a word .. partnership .. which doesn't work well with 'me first.'
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The Superb Owl
evince
Truthmatters
you want to give him time to hand everything in this country over to the russians
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The Superb Owl
Partnership doesn't have to be 'equal shares for all', does it?
The lion gets the lion's share for a reason.
blackascoal
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He should have stayed in real estate instead of strutting around like a peacock and blustering to all the world that he's going to build up the US military and use it when he wants to.
You might be Ok with what Trump does and is .. but much of the world and this nation is not .. which is demonstrated in his historic record lows in approval .. which is only going to get worse.
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
There are no lion's .. and yes, partnership means that everybody walks away with what they perceive as equity. Else, it's a bad deal.
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The Superb Owl
Perhaps, but I doubt that signalling a willingness to build up our military and use it where and when we must is universally unpopular.
And the approval ratings...meh.
'Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.'
Henry V: Act 2, Scene 3, Page 6
no one gives a fuck what you are ok with
I think that is a good idea on their part!
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The Superb Owl
Equity does not mean equality. It means fairness. The lion's share is bigger because the lion brings more to the table. The other partners get something too, in proportion to their contribution. If any party doesn't perceive enough value, they walk away from the deal. We don't need to give away the store to get "consensus", which by itself doesn't exist unless all parties are included.
blackascoal
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Darth Omar
Russian asset
President Trump did an awesome job getting these two countries to engage in peace talks. Thank you, Mr. President.
Well, he wasn't directly involved lol.
However, Trump is enough of a wild card that China and the other principals in the region are doing things they might not otherwise. Say you're China, and Trump says he's going to 'do something' with NK if you don't.
They know who Mattis is by now and they know Trump keeps him on a long leash, so you're probably not going to just ignore Trump like you might his predecessors.
If you're SK, you don't want Trump/Mattis dropping Daisy Cutters on Bowl Cut across the DMZ, so you're thinking maybe it would be a good idea to try and get some talks going with NK.
Now, it may all come naught, but Trump was a factor in the equation.
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The Superb Owl
Can't say I blame them. I wouldn't want to be in Korea with Kim Jong Un and the Chinese aiming missiles at me. If the balloon goes up, those poor people are toast.
blackascoal
The Force is With Me
Fairness is my point.
You don't get to dictate shares unless what you bring to the table gives you that leverage .. not because you're some supposed lion.
Are we the lion in energy agreements?
Nope