Toned down rhetoric, we bought some time
There are benefits, to be sure.
I don't think the benefits of this outweigh the tradeoffs, but we shall see. The downside risk is increasing Kim's legitimacy inside NK and among his many (small time) friends and allies (as well as with China and Russia). It encourages states to get nukes because it forces an audience with the US too.
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Posted: 06/12/2018 at 10:52AM