Behind Kim's Back (Sam Spade strategy?)

[endicom]

PJ Media
Richard Fernandez
Oct. 11, 2017

Austin Bay describes what might be called Trump's "Sam Spade" strategy for handling North Korea.  The fictional Spade as you may recall from the Maltese Falcon faced the problem of neutralizing an armed gunman.  He did this by ignoring the thug while convincing his boss that gunplay would be in neither of their interests.

Bay notes that Donald Trump's Twitzkrieg against Kim Jong Un takes a similar tack.  Trump reminds China that a nuclear armed Pyongyang -- not Beijing -- would hold the key to war and peace in North Asia, an intolerable state of affairs for the control freaks in the Communist Politburo. He cites Bill Emmot's article as a summary of the argument that China would be safer if Kim were out of the loop. Emmot writes:

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[goatprairie]

I'm trying to picture the fat idiot in the role of Wilmer instead of Elisha Cook Jr.  Would have made for great comedic effect if nothing else.  "Keep talking Spade, and I'll fire one of my anti aircraft missiles at you."

[Free Vulcan]

Kinda more of the Sam Axe strategy myself.