On 8/11/2017 1:39 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
In just a little more than 6 months, that asshole trump has brought us
to the brink of nuclear war.

To you simpletons that put this asshole clown in office, thanks...thanks
for nuthin'.

Hillary was right.

She warned us, almost one year ago to the day, that a man you can goad
with a tweet shouldn't be given access to the nuclear codes.

And here we are, six months into Trump's presidency, potentially on the
brink of a nuclear war because Trump can't just STFU.

Donald Trump has truly met his match with North Korean dictator Kim
Jong-un. There is probably no leader on the planet as crazy, as
egotistical, and so full of himself and his own words as Trump and Kim.
So when they get into a rhetorical ****ing match, like they have this
past week, it's more than sad or comical. It's dangerous. We're dealing
with men whose live and die by their ego and their public image. If they
perceive they're being slighted, they go ballistic. Literally.


The thing is, Donald Trump is a serial liar, his word means nothing. So
it doesn't really mean anything that Trump has drawn a red line at North
Korea "threatening" to attack Guam. It means nothing. No promise, to act
or to refrain from acting, means a thing because Donald Trump is a liar.
And that makes this situation all the more dangerous. In international
relations, consistency breeds confidence. Even if you're dealing with an
an enemy, if his actions are consistent and rational, you have fair
warning before he nukes you. With Trump, you don't. This leaves North
Korea in the dangerous situation where they have to figure out whether a
madman will nuke them first. And there's no way to tell, because Trump
is an unpredictable liar. And that can lead to North Korea, or anyone
threatened by Trump, acting first.

If you can't tell if your opponent is going to nuke you or not, you
might just nuke him first.

And that's where we come full circle. Not only is this situation
dangerous because Trump is inept and operating on pure ego. It's
dangerous because Trump's dishonor provides an incentive for our
adversaries to anticipate the worst, and try to pre-empt it by attacking
first. And short of removing the man from office, I'm not sure what we
can do about it.