thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

"I feel putting him down is the only answer, before he tries to do us and others in"

That is your post I responded to. Exactly what is your idea of how to "put him down" without massive collateral damage? I'm not suggesting that there could be no circumstances where we would use force. It's possible that we may have to, but we need to be aware of the costs. I don't think calling him rocket man helps, no matter the circumstances. If you disagree, give me one example of how things are safer for Trump making fun of him. He may be a madman, but if he is, he's a madman wearing a suicide vest.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

It has become clear that Mr. Trump has never had an original thought in his entire life...

Here's a photo of the cover of a magazine with Kim Jung's daddy...in 2006

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

In your case, stupid enough to believe he's a c*******t Muslim.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

OK, you've told me lots that's wrong. Do you have any solutions?

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

You shouldn't do so much mind reading. You aren't very good at it.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I never said NK was the product of Liberals. But it is Liberals who have been pandering to that country/regime for decades. Think of a small child who seems to get his own way forever because his loving and permissive parents just h**e to tell him NO. After years of this (as in the case of NK) the presumption from the child/NK is that they really can do wh**ever they want to do. No Democrat President has ever stood up to NK and said NO. Finally Trump is doing exactly that because KJU is telling the world he will fire rockets toward Japan and the United States. He is also working on nuclear bombs that he says he will use. We all know KJU is mentally ill so he really could fire an atomic weapon at America at any time. If he did it tomorrow wouldn't you be a bit pissed if President Trump hadn't finally said NO?

Why put the onus on President Trump? He HAS tried diplomacy by using sanctions and by communicating with China, who really sort of runs NK. Neither seems to be working; at least KJU is still ranting he will annihilate Japan and America. You on the Left always cry out for diplomatic negotiation but you forget or don't want to remember Trump has tried that. The Trump State Department has tried that as well. So thom, what is it you would do? Give us YOUR best viewpoint. You are the President and you are in charge. Go for it. You Liberals tell us that it is Trump that is crazy but say nothing about KJU. That my incredibly good friend is what got us into this mess in the first place. Neither Bill Clinton nor Obama, especially Obama would say NO. I admit the Republican President in-between didn't do much either. So what would you do thom?

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Feckless Republicans who are stuck in their ways and h**eful Democrats are what is hampering Trump. He does have some sound ideas but Republicans don't want to support him because they don't like him. So far he is doing pretty well. He wants to lower taxes, he wants to get something about the immigration policy including DACA, the DOW is up again today. Other than the fact you on the Left simply don't like that he beat your Golden Goddess, a corrupt piece of s**t in disguise, President Trump may be somewhat inexperienced, somewhat crude and a bit unpolished around the edges to fit your mold of Obama, who was not that good, he hasn't really screwed up as you all said he would.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

thom you are sooo forgetful. Don't you remember you wanted to sever our relationship only a few days ago? Did you really forget that? It was you who wrote the post saying you didn't want me writing posts to you anymore, in your own flowery words of course. I am not too computer savvy so don't know how to look up the exact thread as some might do but yes, that is basically what you said. So now you are telling me I am mind reading. WTF thom, what mind would I be reading? Certainly not yours. I could be done with that in two or three seconds.

Dennis

KGOldWolf

My point is that the Kim family has been a problem for three generations and past administrations, both dem and repubs have failed to stop them. I also said Trump is using the option available to the US. It is to his credit that he is standing up to them but his approach is making it difficult for the US to claim the moral high ground because of his bellicose words and his petty name calling. He likely has the right idea but he is going about in a way that he is undermining himself and us by association.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

He only lost respect with the left leaning socialists still sulking because their e******n fix for the wicked witch of the east didn't work out.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

It's c****e tommie charles, you will soon get use to it as the rest of us have.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

First for your analogy to be in any way applicable the child would have to be wearing a suicide vest. We don't know that Kim is mentally ill. He may well be but it isn't something that is known and accepted fact as you would indicate. I'm not particularly worried about Kim's feelings or his personal safety, but rushing into complex situations thinking they are simple isn't smart. I don't think how he treats his people is very relevant to anything other than what we can learn about Kim by observing it. I can't imagine how you can save or protect the N Koreans. We don't even have any idea as to whether they would want "saved". If you k**l someone while attempting to rescue them, they may not think you did them any favor. If he attacks anyone we may have to launch an attack. I really don't want to see us cause the death of 20 or 40 million people. I don't see him attacking unless he thinks he's dead whether he attacks or not. In that situation I imagine he would reek a bit of havoc. It's also possible that if you push him against the wall and he feels the need to save face he would attack. Otherwise, everything I have heard and read suggests he's interested in surviving.He feels that if he surrenders his nukes, it's all over for him. We don't exactly have a reputation of being someone you can trust. We really don't want to isolate ourselves in the world. It will take a carrot and stick approach. I haven't heard us offering any carrots. He needs to fear us and trust us. I don't know if he fears us. I'm sure he doesn't trust us. I'm not saying I can fix the situation, but then I didn't run for president and he shouldn't have either. The state department is a ghost ship right now. This is a situation where a full crew would be very helpful. We don't even have an ambassador to S Korea at this time. Being inexperienced is one thing. Being inexperienced and not listening to anyone who is experienced is problematic. Diplomacy isn't to be nice to other countries. Diplomacy is because it frequently makes it a lot easier to get what we want. Taking out N Korea is probably easy. Taking out N Korea without causing the deaths of millions of people and maybe starting WWIII is a bit more difficult.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

You are correct, only when your fingers are on the keyboard, but since what you post is opinion, I guess that can't be a lie anymore than Grimm's fairy tales are lies.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

So that's where the blame is to be placed for his wonderful relationship with Congress? Interesting...

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

If you were really as simple as you pretend someone would have to feed you.