(04-30-2018 02:32 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-30-2018 02:01 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(04-30-2018 10:50 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-30-2018 09:58 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Peace Prize?

Wouldn't it be a hoot if he got the Nobel at the same time he was being impeached for sleeping with a porn queen a decade ago?

If Trump can create meaningful change in the Korean peninsula that leads to a denuclearized North Korea, then he would deserve it. I'm not holding my breathe, though, that North Korea wants to go that route, but I'm still hopeful.

So it doesnt seemingly matter that the leaders of N. and S. Korea met, for the the very first time ever.

I find it somewhat amazing that they did, to be frank. What had been a 'never happen in a lifetime event' actually occurred. I do find it interesting how much this is being downplayed, i.e. the events that actually have happened.

I mean, this is actually a tangible bucketload more than the last US Presidential winner actually did for the prize...

The actual importance of the event actually stands with Sadat going to Jerusalem to speak with the Knesset; Sadat and Begin would have won the PP for that action alone, notwithstanding Camp David which followed that historic trip.

But, I am not surprised at the goalposts for this being set back, tbh.

To the bold - this isn't the first time ever. Kim Jong-Il met the leader of South Korea (Kim Dae-jung) in 2000. That was the first ever meeting since World War II. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/j...orthkorea1

Then seven years later, the same type of meeting happened.

The historic nature of this meeting, is that it was the first meeting between the leaders in South Korea.

The reason this event is being downplayed is because it doesn't mean anything - yet. There have been talks directly between the leaders before, but nothing major has come from them. So based on that history, people are pausing to congratulate anyone too much because there is nothing set in stone.

But since you've been misinformed about the number of meetings between the Korean leaders, I can understand why you find this to be a much more significant act than it is.

I guess that since this is so 'in the normal' that Moon is being a bloviating asshat for the following:

Quote:“President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize."

and

Quote:"[Trump] deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks. It could be a resulting work of the U.S.-led sanctions and pressure”.

Bloviating asshat S Korean leader downplays meeting

Sorry about getting the numbers wrong. Im sure that is just a nature of bloviating asshats though.

But, I would surmise I'm not the only one 'misinformed' about the historic nature of the meeting.

Hate to tell you the historic nature of the meeting wasnt that Rocket man 'crossed South', it is the depth that the two countries are interacting. Regardless of two meetings previously between leaders.