Uncle Ed wrote:Those of us who grew up with "cover up" exercises in school already got a dreadful look at our parents' views on the world. Nuclear holocaust is the constant threat. If the USSR/Russia and China and the US haven't bombed ourselves into oblivion by now, it isn't likely to ever happen. Little Kim has no nuclear capacity worth mentioning. He has played with a few nuke tests and he has a few missiles that theoretically can reach the US mainland. The US has thousands of them that actually work, including surface to air that should be capable of taking down an incoming ICBM. Kim has nothing that could take down even one incoming retaliation. He's a barker. Some people pull back from a barking dog, no matter what size. Others just bark back. We have our barker who likes to indulge in louder barking, much like Teddy Roosevelt. Much barking going on. Very fun/funny to listen to.
Since nothing at all is going to come out of this, other than an unforeseen (by most) amicable relationship between Kim and The Donald, the only thing silly stuff like this brings out is which individuals are irrationally afraid of the President. His bombast, braggadocio, crudities and sophomoric humor aside, he's actually not doing a bad job so far.
Yeah, that Mussolini guy sure did make those trains run on time...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
Uncle Ed wrote:Since nothing at all is going to come out of this, other than an unforeseen (by most) amicable relationship between Kim and The Donald, the only thing silly stuff like this brings out is which individuals are irrationally afraid of the President. His bombast, braggadocio, crudities and sophomoric humor aside, he's actually not doing a bad job so far.
Uncle Ed wrote:Since nothing at all is going to come out of this, other than an unforeseen (by most) amicable relationship between Kim and The Donald, the only thing silly stuff like this brings out is which individuals are irrationally afraid of the President. His bombast, braggadocio, crudities and sophomoric humor aside, he's actually not doing a bad job so far.
You really are kinda stupid, huh?
As a friend of mine aptly put it, the bar for their own party is at an all-time low.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
I don't know if anyone is paying attention but Xi Jinping is putting China on a war footing. Japan is taking it seriously. I'm not sure our President should be agitating for war with North Korea because, you know, history suggests it won't go well for anyone in the region.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I don't know if anyone is paying attention but Xi Jinping is putting China on a war footing. Japan is taking it seriously. I'm not sure our President should be agitating for war with North Korea because, you know, history suggests it won't go well for anyone in the region.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I don't know if anyone is paying attention but Xi Jinping is putting China on a war footing. Japan is taking it seriously. I'm not sure our President should be agitating for war with North Korea because, you know, history suggests it won't go well for anyone in the region.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I don't know if anyone is paying attention but Xi Jinping is putting China on a war footing. Japan is taking it seriously. I'm not sure our President should be agitating for war with North Korea because, you know, history suggests it won't go well for anyone in the region.
- Doc
Doc, do you have a linky?
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
In describing China’s approach in dealing with the U.S., Admiral Sun pointed out that ‘facts have shown that without struggle it will be impossible for the United States to respect our core interests, without struggle it will be impossible to realize cooperation and win-win on the basis of equality, and without struggle it will be impossible to have an excellent situation today.’ In other words, China, and especially the PLA, needs to take a resilient stance and push hard against the United States in order to win its respect, although the Chinese leadership is also extremely careful not to go too far and spark armed conflict as it remains much weaker.
The article underlines their intent to shift from economic development as a primary thrust to national security. Xi Jinping's address to the PLA yesterday was pretty nationalistic and bellicose. North Korea could be an opportunity to assert itself as a hegemonic power winning respect and control over their region.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
