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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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.
Because it discourages NK's brinkmanship and encourages them to deal with SK. You know, the thing that's happened.
If that were true you'd think Pence would be happy about the unity and rapprochement shown, when his statements and actions have been the opposite
They don't want to die in a nuclear war either.
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