re: #263 SixDegrees

If he wanted to do any tail twisting, he need look no further than Seoul. The US is bound by mutual aid treaties to respond if it’s troops there are attacked. Similar provisions are in place if Japan is attacked; we’re obligated to respond. There’s no need to dick around with an ICBM program if conflict is what Kimmy wants.

This is just the latest repeat of the game he’s been playing for the last several decades: rant, demand aid in return for empty promises, receive aid, repeat.

Best reponse: get rid of the “receive aid” part of the cycle.

Exactly right. This is why it exasperates me to hear the chatterers gooing on about his capability to attack the U.S. He doesn’t have to.