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     wrote:   
   >Two flawed men did something which none of the supposedly brilliant,   
   >charismatic, blah blah US leaders did.   
   >   
   >Wakalukong   
      
   Maybe sometimes it does take two flawed people to avoid a disaster   
   that nobody will know how to stop.   
      
   For now, the immediate threat of war over the Korean peninsula seems   
   to have been avoided --- and that's a good thing for everybody.   
      
   Frankly, avoiding a war has been the two Koreas' urgent concern in the   
   past year.  And they did work together and made an opening for the   
   American president to climb out of the massive rhetorical trap that he   
   put himself in.   
      
   The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the   
   Korean Peninsula signed by Kim Jong-nn and Moon Jae-in can be seen as   
   such an opening.  And the US-DPRK agreement that was signed yesterday   
   did make reference to it.   
      
   If the darkside logic had been allowed to run its course, it would   
   certainly mean a great deal of uncalled-for bloodshed and instability   
   over the Korean peninsula, if not over a wider part of the Far East   
   Asia.   
      
   And such a tragedy would certainly doom Trump's legacy and stain his   
   name forever, something he doesn't need.  And it would do a great deal   
   more damage to our country than Bush-Obama's war on terror has done so   
   far.   
      
   It was a way out of a war that Trump was smart enough to have taken.   
      
   It reminds me of Obama taking the life line from Putin over Syria in   
   2013.   
      
   No smart president would want to follow G W Bush's ugly footsteps.   
      
   But it is not over for the Koreans.  They need to continue to work   
   hard to achieve their cherished Panmunjom goal of peace, prosperity,   
   and reunification.   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
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   From the OP:   
      
     https://www.vox.com/2018/6/12/17452532/trump-kim-document-agre   
   ment-full-text-denuclearization-read   
      
   "1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.-DPRK   
   relations ...   
      
   2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a   
   lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.   
      
   3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK   
   commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean   
   Peninsula.   
      
   4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA   
   remains, ..."   
      
   In addition, both sides agree to hold follow up negotiations.   
      
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