Because these "experts" are ideologues living in a bubble who can't even comprehend history and because of that and are therefore incapable of doing their job analyzing modern sociopolitical tensions.
After WWII there were calls for revenge against Japan from Americans angry at the bombing of pearl harbor and dragging the US into the war. It was openly spoken about whether or not the Japanese Emperor Hirohito should be hanged publicly as a warning to the surviving Japanese people. Inside Washington DC debate over how to treat the belligerents especially the royal family and the symbol he represented as a genocidal Axis power.
General MacArthur went to Japan and came to understand that the psyche of the Japanese people heavily relied on the Emperor and that without him they would not rebuild. It was a much simpler process to use the Emperor and have him guide his people towards a new era of peace. In fact Hirohito's posthumous name is Showa which means "Peace". MacArthur literally used the Emperor to integrate Japan into America's vision world order.
Trump was on the path to something similar with North Korea which would have allowed the integration of NK back onto the world stage while finally putting a stop to the human rights violations. The people of NK and the Kim family are not going to just give up power like the idiot media's commentators seem to believe. We have seen that over the years, it is obvious there is not going to be a citizen's revolt or whatever these idiot analysts dream up. Like WWII era Japan NK would fight to the last man over their sovereignty. But if NK and SK were able to come to an agreement over a governmental style similar to Japan where the Kim family is installed as something resembling powerless monarchs, responsible only for the cultural welfare of the citizens it would ease the burden of integration, assuage the fears NK have of being westernized, and stop the Kim family's need to use violent shows of force to maintain their grip on power.
I understand this is a radical view but the seeds are there and the pathway is laid out by history. Trump could have ushered in another era of peace. But globohomo stopped him as per usual they are bunch of evil dipshits bent on destroying anyone's sense of national sovereignty. This is just my opinion on NK.
"Because these "experts" are ideologues living in a bubble who can't even comprehend history and because of that and are therefore incapable of doing their job analyzing modern sociopolitical tensions"
fucking this. BAP constantly talks about these sort of "yokel strivers" all the time. Dull witted, status obsessed dorks who are mediocre middle managers who want to LARP as some brilliant worldly liberal reformer. They think being sassy and stupidly throwing around Americas power (exerted by a military made up of flyover Americans they despise btw) can just get them anything they want, without any respect for or understanding of other countries and their ideas and history and culture.
Obamas "Asian pivot" was a complete disaster because he did exactly this, he thought he could just smile and wave for the camera while threatening to use Americas force behind the scenes and everyone would just do as he says, but they all called him out on his bluff and made him look like a bitch. That shit might work on gullible and dopey western European urban millennials, but its not going to work on hardass Chinese and Nork Maoist and Stalinist.
I just came by to check the forums and saw your response. I wonder why you got a downvote but no comment, I think you make a good point.
Do you have an opinion on the current situation with China and the US? My impression is that we had been in a cold war with China (your two points; backstabbing our own military and Obama's two-faced policies) brought us to it. I think with Joe Biden as president, we've effectively lost. I predict China will overtake Taiwan this year or next year. Europe, Australia, and then England will warm to China even moreso than they already are out of necessity. China will be allowed to take Africa and that will secure their position for the next hundred or so years.
What blows my mind about this is that military strategists have to know this. I'm just a part-time student of history and I can see the writing on the wall. Yet by their actions, they walk right into the trap...?
Because these "experts" are ideologues living in a bubble who can't even comprehend history and because of that and are therefore incapable of doing their job analyzing modern sociopolitical tensions.
After WWII there were calls for revenge against Japan from Americans angry at the bombing of pearl harbor and dragging the US into the war. It was openly spoken about whether or not the Japanese Emperor Hirohito should be hanged publicly as a warning to the surviving Japanese people. Inside Washington DC debate over how to treat the belligerents especially the royal family and the symbol he represented as a genocidal Axis power.
General MacArthur went to Japan and came to understand that the psyche of the Japanese people heavily relied on the Emperor and that without him they would not rebuild. It was a much simpler process to use the Emperor and have him guide his people towards a new era of peace. In fact Hirohito's posthumous name is Showa which means "Peace". MacArthur literally used the Emperor to integrate Japan into America's vision world order.
Trump was on the path to something similar with North Korea which would have allowed the integration of NK back onto the world stage while finally putting a stop to the human rights violations. The people of NK and the Kim family are not going to just give up power like the idiot media's commentators seem to believe. We have seen that over the years, it is obvious there is not going to be a citizen's revolt or whatever these idiot analysts dream up. Like WWII era Japan NK would fight to the last man over their sovereignty. But if NK and SK were able to come to an agreement over a governmental style similar to Japan where the Kim family is installed as something resembling powerless monarchs, responsible only for the cultural welfare of the citizens it would ease the burden of integration, assuage the fears NK have of being westernized, and stop the Kim family's need to use violent shows of force to maintain their grip on power.
I understand this is a radical view but the seeds are there and the pathway is laid out by history. Trump could have ushered in another era of peace. But globohomo stopped him as per usual they are bunch of evil dipshits bent on destroying anyone's sense of national sovereignty. This is just my opinion on NK.
"Because these "experts" are ideologues living in a bubble who can't even comprehend history and because of that and are therefore incapable of doing their job analyzing modern sociopolitical tensions"
fucking this. BAP constantly talks about these sort of "yokel strivers" all the time. Dull witted, status obsessed dorks who are mediocre middle managers who want to LARP as some brilliant worldly liberal reformer. They think being sassy and stupidly throwing around Americas power (exerted by a military made up of flyover Americans they despise btw) can just get them anything they want, without any respect for or understanding of other countries and their ideas and history and culture.
Obamas "Asian pivot" was a complete disaster because he did exactly this, he thought he could just smile and wave for the camera while threatening to use Americas force behind the scenes and everyone would just do as he says, but they all called him out on his bluff and made him look like a bitch. That shit might work on gullible and dopey western European urban millennials, but its not going to work on hardass Chinese and Nork Maoist and Stalinist.
I just came by to check the forums and saw your response. I wonder why you got a downvote but no comment, I think you make a good point.
Do you have an opinion on the current situation with China and the US? My impression is that we had been in a cold war with China (your two points; backstabbing our own military and Obama's two-faced policies) brought us to it. I think with Joe Biden as president, we've effectively lost. I predict China will overtake Taiwan this year or next year. Europe, Australia, and then England will warm to China even moreso than they already are out of necessity. China will be allowed to take Africa and that will secure their position for the next hundred or so years.
What blows my mind about this is that military strategists have to know this. I'm just a part-time student of history and I can see the writing on the wall. Yet by their actions, they walk right into the trap...?