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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Sep 2017

    People forget how bloody the Korean War was. Fat Kim must remember.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/opinion/sunday/trump-kim-jong-un.html …

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      1. Amr Nasser‏ @Nasser1044 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        There's the casual mention of a war crime "Using bombs and napalm, the USAF blew up and burned down virtually every population center in NK"

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      1. Vonnie Shallenberger‏ @Whitelionroars 24 Sep 2017
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        Fat Kim? That is beneath you, Professor.

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      2. Charlie F‏ @CharlieFrid 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @DJGrothe

        This one won’t be bloody....it would be marked by suffering and incurable disease affecting generations to come.

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      1. Chuck Baggett - let's play #Scrabble #Boggle etc.‏ @ChuckBaggett 27 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        It's unclear from just the wording if it's being said that Fat Kim seems to remember or that Fat Kim really ought to remember.

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      1. Chuck Baggett - let's play #Scrabble #Boggle etc.‏ @ChuckBaggett 27 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "“over a period of years or so, [the US] killed off — what — 20 percent of the [N. Korean] population.” That’s about 1.9 million people."

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      1. Nofearnofavors‏ @Nofearnofavors4 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Fat Kim has been spoon fed propaganda that his grandfather "won" the war (albeit w/help from China/ USSR). Seems he's still backed by C/R.

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      2. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Nah. The big words are just sidechatter in a poker game that NK has been utterly losing ever since Trump stood up.

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      3. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @UnC0mm0nGr0und @sapinker

        99% sure Rocket Man already understands the carrot and the stick we'll send. He just needs a way to be able to take the deal yet save face

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      1. Jason Churchill‏ @delta7ll 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Assuming rational actors does little to quell the risk of accidental nuclear strike. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls …

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      1. Elizabeth‏ @esder23 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Anyone who grew up watching MASH remembers.

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      1. Alan Pillinger‏ @Alan_Pillinger 24 Sep 2017
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        Wrong to suggest that if it comes to war, the US and not North Korea will be to blame.

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      1. MaterialMattersLLC‏ @MM2LLC 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The forgotten War among our many. Halberstam's "Longest Winter" provides a refresh for those interested.

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      1. A Tᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ Cᴀᴛ  🐱 🔈‏ @gatoparlante 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Such "Extensive Cold War" is mostly with Obama, among others preceding him did about NK. Did not work. Maybe, by applying real pressure...pic.twitter.com/biGOagVrTd

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      1. JM Hayes‏ @CyclotronJ 24 Sep 2017
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        @sapinker @nytimesworld this regime has aided ethnic cleansing in Southern Zimbabwe. This former UK colony lost a lot of blood in Korean War

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      1. Bill Coady‏ @WiscHumanist 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Threatening regime change to a regime that is developing nuclear weapons to prevent us from changing their regime is downright stupid.

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      1. Hypatia4ever‏ @jennythelabrat 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Fat Kim? Name-calling, really?

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      2. Darren Doesn't Write Much‏ @Darren_B_Lane 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Silly. He's a kid. When the war ended, Un wouldn't even be born for another 30 years. He barely remembers people who remember.

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      3. Darren Doesn't Write Much‏ @Darren_B_Lane 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Darren_B_Lane @sapinker

        I tend to agree that Un is rational but fail to see irrational-seeming behavior as evidence he is rational. Mental gymnastics required.

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