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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow is this different than the agreement the Clinton administration made with North Korea in 1993 ?
ON EDIT- There is nothing innovative or historic about Trump's meeting other than giving Kim statesman status.
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How is this different than the agreement the Clinton administration made with North Korea in 1993 ? (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2018
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Cicada
(4,533 posts)1. Clinton got actual results
NK promised to stop extracting plutonium from power plant pools. Surveillance cameras proved compliance. Bolton for Bush killed the deal, NK pulled the plug on the cameras and used the plutonium to make a bunch of atomic bombs.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)2. NK has been doing these for decades, its screw all new.
Johonny
(20,851 posts)3. The difference is Clinton did it without meeting face to face with NK leader
or praising him on camera as a great guy who we can trust.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)6. He Also Did Not Give Away The Farm
Clinton also did not have to give up anything to get something. Clinton got just about the same things Trump got, but did not have to end joint military activity with South Korea, lift sanctions (I realize there might not have been any sanctions), or give legitimacy to Papa Kim on the world stage.
Initech
(100,081 posts)4. Because Trump has an R next to his name.
If we had a democratic president in charge guaranteed that the media would have a much different reaction. Shows you whose side they're really on.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)5. The one that was more *solid*/professional and that NK didn't fulfill - *that* one?!1