Quote (fender @ 13 Jul 2017 21:44)
wow, don't ever let FACTS get in the way of your precious narrative... that is beyond pathetic...
if clear warnings, cyberattacks against the missile program, and the development of a missile shield is "doing nothing"... then what has trump DONE to justify that "point" he got regarding NK from you?
warnings are just words. obama was known for not backing up his words. remember his red line in syria?
the cyberattacks are alleged, not confirmed. if they took place, they clearly didnt work. if obama had acknowledged the NK issue, he would have initiated other measures to stop their nuclear program after this attempt was futile. but he didnt, which to me once again proves that he didnt take this issue seriously. or that he was aware of the timeline, i.e. that it would take NK many more years to develop working ICBMs and that the issue would therefore not get urgent during his term.
about the missile shield: did you even read the article you linked? I'll quote the relevant piece for you:
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Mr Obama said that America was improving its own missile defences. "One of the things that we have been doing is spending a lot more time positioning our missile defence systems, so that even as we try to resolve the underlying problem of nuclear development inside of North Korea, we're also setting up a shield that can at least block the relatively low level threats that they're posing right now," he said
so obama essentially told that the US were readjusting or redeploying their already existing missile defence systems (from the cold war era?) to target NK (or the direction from which NK missiles would come in). this is very different from what you claim he did: "
development of a missile shield". in particular, obama himself said that this shield would block the low level threat of the 2016 NK missile program. subtext: if they ramp up their arsenal, this shield isnt going to cut it.
what trump has done about NK so far? he has treated the NK missile program as an urgent threat. he was trying to sweet-talk chinese president xi jinping into taking a harder stance on NK since china is the only country which has real influence and leverage in NK. now that the chinese seem to try to sit it out, he is progressively increasing the pressure on both them and NK.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jul 13 2017 02:02pm
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