jwb

I'm not sure i know what you're getting at but just for the record i was only clarifying since i was the only one who said status quo and I'm not sure if your post was in response to that or not.

But i never said he was a threat to any status quo...i said his policy of cozying up to Kim wasnt any worse than the status quo response of sanctions and repudiation. In terms of actual results. It was no less effective than sanctions have been. And the counter side to the idea it gives Kim legitimacy (which again hasn't been quantified in any meaningful sense) is that if they're going to be a nuclear power maybe trying to maintain some active diplomacy is actually more productive than continual saber rattling and escalation