The rhetorical structure is strikingly sane: 1. we were watching, not surprised, 2. we aren't panicked, 3. we reaffirm commitment to allies
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LBJ's statement on 1st Chinese nuke test (1964) shows what a non-hysterical, non-blustering US response looks like: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26615 pic.twitter.com/HiGu56X8KG
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4. they are still in their nuclear infancy, 5. even when they do get more, we still feel safe and secure, because we have strength,
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6. the proper response is sadness at the great expenditures of resources by a poor state, 7. we will continue to pursue disarmament & peace,
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8. I am talking to all our experts from various departments on these matters and not just winging it (obviously). Essentially.
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And it is perhaps just worth noting: LBJ's judgment on foreign matters obviously not perfect. His personality was quite crude. Etc. And yet.
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Welcome to the replay of the Cuban Missile Crisis. History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as Trump.
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Or he could have scrawled with a black Magic Marker in all capital letters on some White House stationery "CHICOMS HAVE NUKES WILL TAKE CARE OF IT" and then maybe insulted Dean Rusk just for the hell of it.
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1. We aren't in 1964 anymore, bub. There's no useful comparison to be made between China & present-day NK. 2. We're well past dealing w an initial test. 3. Although I dislike Trump / previous administrations, their rhetorical structure hasn't veered very far from this. 4. Bird up
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