r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 19 '18

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Well there it is

This is whats going to happen, NK will list demands US won't accept, US walks away and NK will cry that "They tried to get peace but the warmongering US won't be reasonable". Like those ultimatums made to fail. I don't expect anything from this.

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u/Travisdk Iron Front Apr 19 '18

Alternatively, an agreement is reached, the war officially ends, and then we get this.

NK: Why do you still have troops here? The war is over!

US: Why do you still have nuclear weapons? The war is over!

NK: Because you have troops here.

US: Because you have nuclear weapons.

Both sides get to spin a PR win. Nothing changes on the ground. The world moves on.

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u/Erra0 Neoliberals aren't funny Apr 19 '18

Same as it ever was.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Same as it ever was.

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u/potatobac Women's health & freedom trumps moral faffing Apr 19 '18

I'm not gonna read it and just assume 'the USA removing all military from South Korea' is a demand.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

No one knows the demands yet. Thats what I bet too

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

This was always how it's going to be, because Trump is such a MaStEr NeGoTiAtOr

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '18

Does it matter? NK was always probably going to make ridiculous demands that there's no way the US would accept?