1. Since people are being willfully obtuse in interpreting this tweet, I'm going to delete and spell out, slowly, why North Korean charm offensive is surprisingly successful.pic.twitter.com/io7hN1PuXw
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10. Trump's policy is very much an American First one: American lives worth more than Korean ones. Morality aside, why would South Koreans accept that logic?
11. Aside from nuclear bluster, there's the behavior of Mike Pence, refusing to stand for Korean team.https://twitter.com/AP_Sports/status/961949897300865024 …
12. This is hard for nationalists to understand but other nation's have their pride. The Olympics is a big deal in South Korea. It's a chance to showcase their nation. And Pence refused to honor that.
13. What's interesting here is how much in denial Americans are about the rift with South Korea. Not just Trumpists but centrists and liberals. Even though the evidence is in front of us:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/02/08/the-united-states-and-south-korea-now-openly-disagree-on-north-korea/?utm_term=.901e22873576 …
14. In short: America is alienating an important ally & a Stalinist hellhole is winning a propaganda victory. But Americans (including centrists & liberals) don't understand this because they can't imagine viewing world from South Korean eyes.
15. Anyways, I have some more thoughts on this here:https://newrepublic.com/article/147004/madman-accidentally-bring-peace-korean-peninsula …
16. What's interesting about this whole discussion is how many people are in denial about the way Trump/Pence bluster is shaping perceptions in allied countries like South Korea.
Reminiscent of the "flypaper theory" for justifying invading Iraq.
Yes. And an additional point: South Koreans are aware of the wickedness of North Korean regime, but deeply attached to North Korean people, who are family, often literally. And long for reunification. Chance to see northerners and southerners performing together is precious.
This gives the political maneuvers a transcendent emotional value for the public. It's not just maneuvering. US always fails to understand this, but this time much worse than usual.
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