Guntrader wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, he has accomplished more regarding N Korea in the past few weeks than anyone else has in 25 years.
Agreed. He's got movement.
And little Rocket Man wants to be acknowledged on the world stage, and he's getting that, providing he negotiates in good faith.
That's partly why responding to Syria was important. We said we would, and we followed-through, and did.
We've warned some people, and we have to show we'd follow-through; we've promised Israel and others we had their back in the region, and we did.
After years of mealy-mouthed promises without backing it up, if we want diplomacy to work, there has to be actionable consequences both promised, and demonstrated.