Sunday, August 13, 2017

The Donald Vs. Mr. Top Nork

     It was days ago now, and the newsies and comedians -- but I repeat myself -- are still all over it: the prospect of "...thermonuclear war.  Toe-to-toe with the Russkis North Korea..."

     Yeah, "This is it, boys."  Maybe.  North Korea screams threats, POTUS blusters back -- and suddenly, he's the bad guy.  Or perhaps just a Nixionian pseudo-madman, inadvertently or not.

     The thing is, for all his flaws, what better sort of background than President Trump's ought a fellow to have in order to understand the mind of a pampered, overfed autocrat with demonstrably bad taste?  This may be the one thing about which he is outstandingly a subject matter expert -- but don't expect him to get any credit for it.

     It's another "crisis" the world will muddle though, probably with far more ink, paper and whizzing electrons than any splash of nuclear fire.  Kim Jong-un's military is remarkable for poor marksmanship and the DPRK is unlikely to be able to bluff their way out of a live-fire miss as a "warning shot."  Therefore, I don't expect them to shoot at all.
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3 comments:

  1. Zendo DebAugust 13, 2017 at 10:20 PM

    That 3rd paragraph is golden!

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  2. Roberta XAugust 14, 2017 at 6:52 AM

    Thank you, thank you. :)

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  3. Overload in ColoradoAugust 14, 2017 at 5:56 PM

    The stat that surprised me was the North Korea has the 4th largest army in the world. I assume US, Russia, and China are 1-3. (Saw the stat on John Oliver last night) The other stat was an economy the size of Birmingham, AL. How do you pay an army that large, equip them, etc with that small economy?

    Of all the countries in the world, why do they all pick on us?

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