All the Trumpanalysis and divination into the justifications for what Trump has done with Lil' Kim is like a bad reverb deja-vu trip back to October 18, 1994 when William Jefferson Blythe "Slick" Clinton said and assured everyone on earth of the following:
"This agreement is good for the United States, good for our allies, and good for the safety of the entire world. This framework agreement represents the first step on the road to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula†- Bill Clinton October 18, 1994.I feel the sense that once again in short order - the fools who are now saying similar things promised 24 years ago - will once again proven to be nothing more than wishful pipe dreams from a hookah.
Now as then, the US offered huge concessions in exchange for few assurances that turned out to be total bunk as the Norks played Clinton and Gallucci like fiddles and took the 5 billion for parts to supposedly build a nuclear reactor to produce electricity - and instead Jong Il used it to upgrade their ability to create not only nukes - but experiment with the new Loral Space tech for ballistic Missiles China would get for campaign contributions just two years later.
But it is interesting to read all the justifications for why this was such an incredible success without a single shred of proof or evidence that Deja-Vu isn't happening all over again - and for nearly identical reasons stated now as back then.
Once again, the zeitgeist is screaming that the intentions are more important and are of need to be celebrated rather than waiting for substance and tangible verifications or proofs of success.