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[Poopadoop]

Yeah, I noticed. Did you see the news about Korea?

The news that they're going to talk? I guess that counts as progress of sorts.

Actions speak louder than words though. They've talked before.

[Poopadoop]

Really though I don't think NK and SK meeting is all that big a deal, even if it leads to NK coming back into the fold. First, NK was never a serious threat to anyone except its own citizens. And ya ya, I know, they could have had nukes, but so what? Unless they're bent on self-destruction they're not going to use them. The whole MAD principle still applies: if you use nukes you have to destroy every possible nuke site anyone else could use on you or you will just get yourself nuked just as bad. How do you win that kind of war? Maybe someone thinks that's a trade worth having, but no-one's tried it yet.

Second, while I'm happy if NK and SK stop arguing I don't think it is a monumental world event. Get India and Pakistan (who both have nukes, but which doesn't seem to bother the US) to stop arguing or Israel (with nukes) and 10 of its closest neighbors to stop arguing and you've really accomplished something. That the media plays up NK/SK as an important place in terms of world peace just shows how little is going on in the other danger zones.

Third, even if this goes through to a happy ending, there's no reason to think the US had a lot to do with it. China is by far NK's biggest trading partner, and if anyone put the screws on Kim it was them. Frankly I wouldn't be impressed by any president who happened to be in power when NK came back into the fold (if that's what they're really doing, again, hasn't happened yet), despite that Americans seem to think the US runs the world and everything that happens is down to the US and its president. If it were Obama or Hillary in power when detente were reached (if and when it is) between NK and SK I'd still not give them the credit, or really give a shit at all, apart from being happy for Koreans I guess.