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do you really think they don’t know what they’re doing....that every step is being carefully constructed as they position ‘every detail’ in this threat?.....there isn’t a moment they’re not ‘speaking’ to Fat Boy

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I never suggested that they don’t know what they’re doing.

What you are missing is that China is Fat Boy’s enabler. We have to convincingly persuade and deter them from letting Kim intimidate his neighbors and threaten us. He is a menace, for sure, but this is a dual track problem of the highest order with potentially severe economic and military consequences.

To coin a term from the book about our military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, it will be No Easy Day for Trump and Mattis.

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It's well known China enables Fat Boy......and it sure as heck is well known to Trump and this administration as they have time and again spoken ‘clearly’ regarding China's influence over N. Korea and all it's leadership.... So they certainly know what they are doing with China's involvement as well as the risks.

But unlike Fat Boy China rarely reveals their intentions, keeping everything they do or not very close to their chests. Their nature has been and continues to be deceptive at best.....Trump is well acquainted with how China operates...publicly they will always play neutral referees /good boys in any conflicts they are involved with...... privately is another story all together. ...Saving face is off the scales important to them......N.Korea will always be their proxy leverage but only to a point. Today is not the same climate as in Fat Boys fathers day......."They are learning"......