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   In article <67571184-2b14-4fac-9736-cac7a501d16c@googlegroups.com>,   
   Resty Wyse   wrote:   
   >On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 9:17:56 AM UTC-7, lo yeeOn wrote:   
   >> But you know a necessary consequence of the severe economic sanctions   
   >> together with the loss of nuclear deterrence?   
   >>   
   >> The impending August Strike will spell the doom of North Korea - a few   
   >> years down the road at the most, a la Iraq.   
   >>   
   >> Iraq regime change was also preceded by severe sanctions and numerous   
   >> strikes plus a short but punishing war a dozen years before.   
   >>   
   >> American exceptionalism will continue to reign.  It will decide who   
   >> will or will not survive.   
   >>   
   >> This two-step regime-change program will make it easy for the American   
   >> president.   
   >>   
   >> Senator Graham didn't tell the world what Trump allegedly told him one   
   >> night for nothing!  He represents the establishment which thinks that   
   >> "a few thousands of people" dying "over there" now is worth taking the   
   >> military option to counter a theoretical situation where thousands   
   >> would "die over here".  This is called a "preventive war" - not a   
   >> preemptive one where you would see missiles coming your way and thus   
   >> activate your anti-missile defense to thwart the otherwise impending   
   >> disaster.   
   >>   
   >> However, there is likely the same fiasco on the Korean peninsula which   
   >> we've seen in the aftermath of attacking Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya,   
   >> Syria, and others.   
   >>   
   >> Or that the naysayers are wrong and there won't be.  Then Trump will   
   >> be praised by the-powers-that-be, whose approval is necessary for him   
   >> to politically survive.  They will spare him the ridiculous theater of   
   >> an impeachment.  And he might even win a second term, don't you see?   
   >>   
   >> Cheers,   
   >>   
   >> lo yeeOn   
   >   
   >North Korea is different from Iraq.  North Korea is very much a   
   >self-sustain nation.  North Korea mainly trade with China.  Sanction   
   >will have limited effect.   
      
   So what?  Right now, China is leaving North Korea out to dry because   
   the price is appraently too high for China to consider it worth   
   offending the mighty United States.  Yes, sanction in itself won't   
   kill the country because all people have to have is food and they can   
   grow their own food for as long as nature allows them to.  But don't   
   forget that Trump is speaking in no uncertain terms that he is going   
   to denuclearize North Korea and that the latter should do nothing to   
   get in the way or risk Trumanesque consequences like "they have never   
   seen before".   
      
   For more of my rebuttal, please see another one of my follow-ups to   
   your posts on this subject.   
      
   Ok, my friend?   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
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