dagblog - Comments for "How Do You Lose An Aircraft Carrier?" http://dagblog.com/link/how-do-you-lose-aircraft-carrier-22324 Comments for "How Do You Lose An Aircraft Carrier?" en plus there's who wins the http://dagblog.com/comment/236684#comment-236684 <a id="comment-236684"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/236677#comment-236677">I&#039;ve read around on this mess</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>plus there's who wins the South Korean election after the impeachment &amp; indictment of their president:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/opinion/south-koreas-moment-of-truth.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;region=opinion-c-col-left-region&amp;WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region">South Korea’s Moment of Truth</a></p> <div> <p>By The New York Times Editorial Board, April 19, 2017:</p> </div> <blockquote> <p>[....] With three weeks to go to the May 9 election, the campaign <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/world/asia/south-korea-election-ahn-cheol-soo.html">has shaped into a two-way race</a>. Moon Jae-in, a 64-year-old human rights lawyer of the leftist Democratic Party, which holds the most seats in Parliament, was initially thought to be a shoo-in to succeed Ms. Park. But Ahn Cheol-soo, 55, a former physician who made a fortune in software,<strong> has surged in the polls, in part because many voters appear to believe he is better suited to deal with the North Korean threat </strong>[.....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:38:55 +0000 artappraiser comment 236684 at http://dagblog.com I've read around on this mess http://dagblog.com/comment/236677#comment-236677 <a id="comment-236677"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/how-do-you-lose-aircraft-carrier-22324">How Do You Lose An Aircraft Carrier?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I've read around on this mess (there's a Google News heading for it under  the "World" category right now: <a href="https://news.google.com/news/section?cf=all&amp;hl=en&amp;pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;q=USS%20Carl%20Vinson&amp;topicsid=en_us%3Aw&amp;ict=ln&amp;topicnv=__AB21PFzlkHjMjacQJXKGPaayk34-CYQtPO5jE8FWIfkFGRDKHwhlHImSdTvTif6VkntkKJE8qk-DJGkH0WV3h5rg7dx0AOPeDuo87OKGMGbD97sgaSGTyTSiy4fjGO7EuuBPYWtwRAo4vU2qtyTQw7akTjAVyBYrj37L-mZIo4KGz5OKKLCJ9WREO-n-PuFmV-PnJLdBU5kxA-CcxMpHR9AP5qYW703om-NU7AiBZFIN7tJwwIbXfWm0Ph0fAewW_1PEHn-w29_UIPXo30wjQr4ZAZemKRDnQaDEvyJIn_ZeDJ2BBbhtPa09QJFBT9gzvNn6PxGCHXQLeT3kw1F_pw0ffO_SVZwSTvi62lU7sMJN0IGfLiTAimJeo-xL_0MqcopfJ5xhGFy8HuJM91mNeHXh0o_5d0oOrcyp2zGRPDVUq9KlIgbUubfNLn-2659aa0XOUb19dFluG2LDJtcfhJ9HUSPXKhtIgIhK6xUWfrcv62Vm8x_kRZptBPtthkLj7vxLZJ_cLXiL113gE8HB-MY-3094aCzq-KFKNzVpmYW5p5NU-8TN9kjdQcHMvlyR7WM7GmjAaroJXxzc4FWWPyrcKrKMQ9UB1kO6l_1CEom81k94gO0lEfO4SyiI1uBX9fzSER0If9ZZYZqbR1LlYH_euN0TNAuJbjL54up9At35lUXOgO4NdqmDegQTCq6RLdCVgtIkODTubJopnaKPaqsDrBKAG9eIqg%3D%3D&amp;siidp=82fa074552afd447946dbff1a03ecb9b30b1">USS Carl Vinson</a>) and I think this is comparatively a very good piece.</p> <p>As to your question <em>Or a brazen lie, </em>consensus now seems to be what <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/on-north-korea-trump-administration-talks-tough-but-hopes-to-avoid-war/2017/04/18/96d15536-244a-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html?utm_term=.0070d0cd8e37">this WaPo article</a> sez:</p> <p><em>While officials are eager to signal a break from previous U.S. policy, their strategy appears to be a continuation of the Obama administration’s attempt to use international economic and diplomatic pressure to force results in Pyongyang.</em></p> <p>Although they may be beefing up working with China and Japan, see what <a href="http://www.atimes.com/article/pence-says-us-expand-military-alliance-japan/">Pence was just saying in Japan.</a></p> <p>Possibly the latter is McMasters' strategy? Especially as Xi and Abe are Trump's new best buds from Mar-a-Lago?</p> <p>P.S. Should Trump put foot in mouth with China, there's also<a href="http://www.atimes.com/ivankas-golden-appeal-china-may-trumps-secret-weapon/"> secret weapon Ivanka the blond goddess</a></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:20:59 +0000 artappraiser comment 236677 at http://dagblog.com