2. There's a lot of conventional foreign policy types who think this is a bad thing (ally drifting away from USA, loss of American power etc.). But is it really?
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3. The origins of the rift are in fact Trump administration quite frankly values American lives much more than Korean or Japanese ones. Willing to terrifying war to reduce chance North Korea can bomb USA.
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4. CIA director Mike Pompeo: “this administration is prepared to do what it takes to ensure that people in Los Angeles and Denver and New York aren’t held at risk from Kim Jong-un having a nuclear weapon.” What it takes = countless dead Asians.
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5. Leaving aside the morality of the Trump position, why should South Koreans accept a strategy where they will die to marginally increase safety of Americans?
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6. Given Trump administrations stated disregard for their lives, South Korea perfectly justified in wanting to move out of USA orbit. And this could lead to a genuine diplomatic resolution:https://newrepublic.com/article/147004/madman-accidentally-bring-peace-korean-peninsula …
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With this olympics the south is giving the US a big middle finger
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the olympics are in Pyeonchang
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It's particularly nuts because the USA could claim the inter-Korean reapproachment as a win. "Our threats made them beg to return to the international community!"
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"Ally drifting away" is like they're saying, "It's not you, it's me." In this case it's , "Get away from me you psycho. I'm going to stay at my sister's, who I hate, and if you come near me I'm getting a restraining order."
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