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How To Address The North Korean Problem

Kim Jong-un is a junkyard dog.  But - he is a well-armed junkyard dog - and he will become even more dangerous as time passes. Any major military action against North Korea is a death sentence for tens of millions of more or less innocent Koreans - on both sides of the 38th Parallel. The obvious preferred outcome is no massive loss of life on the Korean peninsula, as well as no North Korean projection of destructive military power into other sovereign national territories. OK - if that last paragraph/sentence is accurate, then the United States HAS to change its approach.    We cannot defeat a junkyard dog that has dangerous, project-able, destructive power by cutting off its food, its water, backing it into a corner, and now trying to move in on it.  With nothing more to lose, the junkyard dog is eventually going to bite - attack. Tens of millions of dead Koreans (and thousands of dead US 8th Army soldiers) aren't going to care a whole lot or derive much satisfaction from
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Trump's Genius Move Concerning DACA

Notwithstanding all of the shrieking and gnashing of teeth among the leftest hordes, Trump and Sessions have pulled off a genius move. True to his commitment to Constitutional governance, Trump has pointed out that he swore to faithfully execute the office of the President in accordance with the Constitution, and that Constitution requires that the President uphold the laws that are created by Congress. DACA is clearly in violation of Federal Immigration laws, as written and passed by Congress, and Trump is wholly bound and required to discard DACA, and return to lawful enforcement of enacted law. But - Trump has shrewdly announce that his new enforcement plans will not go into effect for six months, and he has openly invited Congress to use those six months to CHANGE IMMIGRATION LAW - up to and including enacting DACA as the law of the land. The brilliance of this is:  Congress has two choices: 1. Fail to enact new Immigration law - in which case Trump will abolish DACA, an

How President Trump SHOULD Have Handled the Charlotte Situation

I was very disappointed by the piss poor way that the White House handled the "festivities" in Charlotte.   Here is how I would have recommended that the President respond: "The events that unfolded this past weekend in Charlotte, Virginia were local events, happening at community level.  There was an unfortunate death - and I offer my condolences - but the events in question were not of extraordinary nature, in the big picture of things.  In fact, that same weekend, nine people were gunned down in Chicago alone, and six were killed in Baltimore.  I deplore the criminal violence that plagues many of our cities, but I am not in position to react to each individual tragedy. According to my staff, the Governor of Virginia at no time requested Federal assistance in dealing with last weekend's events within his state.  If this is not correct, I ask that he send me details of such a request.  I am not even aware of any request by the Mayor of Charlotte for Virginia St