Krauthammer gets it
Even Charles Krauthammer gets it.
I usually agree with the right-wing ramblings of the nattering neocon naysayer about as often as I wave Baltimore Ravens flags while watching them play my Steelers, but Churlish Charlie knows how to best calm the chilling winds of nuclear war roaring out of North Korea and Washington, D.C.
In a recent column, Krauthammer calls for acquiescence, i.e., learning to accept the inevitability of North Korea’s unstable leader having the same doomsday weaponry as our own unstable leader. His belief that the U.S. would turn his country into a glow-in-the-dark parking lot if he dares is to launch them at us may be the only deterrent he needs.
Likewise for our twitterer-in-chief and his realization that a pre-emptive strike on North Korea would unleash retaliation of unimaginable horror upon our allies in Japan and South Korea, where 30,000 American troops are stationed, and possibly the mainland United States.
As unsobering a notion as it may be, the best bet for our children and grandchildren carrying on our legacies may rely solely upon Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump believing that one of them just could be more unhinged than the other. As for which it is, I still haven’t made up my mind.
Vin Morabito
Scranton