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Originally Posted by drop2d
You have to start somewhere with these nutcases... I would've preferred the Obama admin did something but they didn't. You can't ignore them forever.
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You don't give a rogue nation a seat at the table just because they're waiving nukes around. You can have talks without gushing over dictators and taking their word about Americans they murdered. You certainly don't do any of that while they continue to enhance their nuclear program and fire missiles.
Obama, and past Presidents were doing something - they sanctioned the hell out of NK, worked with allies/friendlies in the region, and kept the threat at bay.
Look at the Iran deal for contrast - Obama did none of the glad handing, praising Trump is doing, and got verifiable means in place to put restrictions on Iran's nuclear programs, and he didn't give their leader a national stage or any of this fanfare bullshit Trump has. Obama got slack for negotiating without pre-conditions, and I think rightly so. Trump is so far up creek from that, it's unbelievable.
Trump's there for a photo op and nothing more. Our leader kneeling to dictators is a national security threat and an embarrassment, full stop.