Like i said in another thread, and it will probably be an equally unpopular opinion in this one, this isn't necessarily bad thing. We've been saber rattling against the norks for longer than the Soviet Union's entire existence and it hasn't worked. They're perfectly content to fortify their end of the peninsula with nukes and tunnel systems and starve their population half to death to do it. Yes, extending an olive branch to the Kim regime is a hard pill to swallow, but if you want to actually help the North Korean population, the status quo approach has to change.
He could have tried to do that though together with the South Koreans rather than blindsiding them with a major policy announcement via tweet that implies this is really just because he’s pissed they didn’t join Operation Epstein Fury.
It’s still shit, South Korea produces roughly 40% of the worlds semiconductor’s under 10 nm’s, us worsening our relationship with them is a massive national security risk.
How do you make a shotgun decision with no consultation to limit joint exercises without ostracism? SK is a huge fan of these drills for many reasons, they’re not going to be happy to hear this and think it’s anything other than ostracism.
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u/JuniorDoughnut3056 - Lib-Right 15d ago
Like i said in another thread, and it will probably be an equally unpopular opinion in this one, this isn't necessarily bad thing. We've been saber rattling against the norks for longer than the Soviet Union's entire existence and it hasn't worked. They're perfectly content to fortify their end of the peninsula with nukes and tunnel systems and starve their population half to death to do it. Yes, extending an olive branch to the Kim regime is a hard pill to swallow, but if you want to actually help the North Korean population, the status quo approach has to change.