Why have one war when you can have two for the price of one?
I have a dream that one day, Jill Stein is diagnosed with a terminal illness. I have a dream that on that same day, on her way from the doctorâs office, she is unceremoniously trampled to death by a march of disenfranchised Juggalos.
Ahem.
Excuse you. The preferred term is crystalmancer.
That sounds like the name of a match-3 RPG. Somebody go make that.
This. It sends a message to every nation:
Build nuclear weapons and donât cut any deals because the US will renege on them.
I havenât finished watching it yet, but this was definitely the takeaway from this week PBS Frontline on North Korea.
I mean Trump has done more for setting back nuclear proliferation in 9 months, than all the president combined in the last 50 years. Truly an accomplishment.
If youâre a tin-pot dictator the smartest plan of action is:
Kiss Trumpâs ass so he likes you
Develop nukes
Itâs not just the tin-pot dictators. Our allies (if they are smart) will see this and realize that you canât trust any promise from America for more than 4 years. The whole foundation of NATO, that the US will use nuclear weapons to defend Europe, is in doubt now. You canât plan for the future by guessing how each American presidential election will turn out.
When Jimmy Carter was president he said the Iranians were âirrationalâ. That must be how the rest of the world sees us now.
Iâm sure Stein can cure it with stone vagina eggs, beetroot tinctures and Hopi shamanic chanting.
Well, the FT is reporting that Tillerson and Mattis are looking for some way to keep the Iran deal in place while toughening the US position to save face for Trump. So maybe itâs not dead just yet. I guess this is a make or break time for them (and us) - if they canât stop him from tearing it up, what are they in the administration for?
Maybe this is more about Trumpâs understanding of the concept of a âdeal.â To him, a deal is only valid if he benefits, and anything promised to the other parties is disposable. A deal that is an actual compromise, like the agreement with Iran, irks him to no end as he sees himself now as the United States, and the only deal the US should make would be one where it gets everything and the other party gets squat.
I feel like the calculus is, 1) Obama did it, so it must be undone, and 2) It also makes him look tough to his base, which is a bonus.
Seriously, when you look at him at that White House correspondentâs dinner, I think heâs actually thinking âI will undo you. I will erase you from the pages of history. Everything you accomplished, I will grind into dust.â Only, yâknow, less articulate.
Yeah, I think technically what he was thinking was âARGLEBARGLEWARGLEâ, and then he proceeded to fail upward, just as he has done all his life.
It is amazing that he failed all the way up to the Presidency. Where can he go next? Are we looking at the birth of a new god?
Close. The new Birther God
Armandoâs on fire today, yâall.
Is there a Manchild pretender in Dominions yet?
Maybe the Iranians can make a gesture here that will placate him. They donât really have any good reason to improve their missiles further, so it wouldnât hurt them to give up on that. If Khamenei is willing to swallow his pride again, this would be a win for everyone.
If I were them, Iâd not hold any discussions with the US whatsoever. Hold discussions with other nations and agree to the current limitations while gaining some sort of concessions in the process, sure. But negotiating with the US is a foolâs errand with this administration
SEOULâSuspected North Korean hackers stole sensitive military secrets, including joint U.S.-South Korean plans detailing how to eliminate the Pyongyang leadership, during an attack on Seoulâs defense data system last year, a South Korean lawmaker said.
Rhee Cheol-hee, a member of the ruling Democratic Party, said in an interview with local media published on Tuesday that the hackers had broken into South Koreaâs defense data center in September last year and snatched a trove of classified military documents.
South Korean officials believe that North Korean hackers stole classified U.S.-South Korea military documents, including a top secret plan prepared for potential conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
Multiple South Korean media outlets reported Tuesday that Seoulâs defense ministry disclosed in communications with a South Korean lawmaker that the military documents had been stolen.
According to a report in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper, the defense ministry said that hackers âpresumed to be North Koreansâ stole 235 gigabytes of documents from South Korean military networks in August and September of 2016.
The ministry disclosed the leak in documents submitted to Rhee Cheol-hee, a member of the countryâs legislature, in response to a freedom of information request.
Among the documents reportedly harvested was OPLAN 5015, a top secret U.S.-South Korea military strategy for full-scale conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Hackers also pilfered U.S. and South Korea personnel reports, minutes from meetings about joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea, and data on South Korean military installations and power plants, according to news outlets.
Lee told South Koreaâs Yonhap News Agency that much of the stolen data has not been identified.
âThe Ministry of National Defense has yet to find out about the content of 182 gigabytes of the total (stolen) data,â Lee said.