Well, yes, Owen. I was contacted recently by a group of South and North Korean women who have been meeting secretly in the DMZ. The North Koreans sent their delegation. It's a really interesting group. And if you read Truthout today, a good strategy is emerging that involves re-starting the anti-nuke movement. Visit our web site: e-mergenow.org.
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > From BBC a reasonable summary: > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40879485 > > My question is simple: what *are* the alternatives? Is there an > interesting game theoretic analysis? > > The toughest part is that South Korea is being held hostage. NK can > devastate SK even if hit with a pre-emptive strike. > > As rash as Trump's bluster has been, the real question remains: what is > the reasonable response to NK's threat. > - Preemptive Strike? Likely a loser unless it is so massive as to > obliterate every human in NK. SK would be seriously damaged in the > aftermath. > - Wait 'til NK strikes? Again, hardly reasonable. > - Anti-missile defense? Possibly, but you just gotta miss one for > apocalypse. And what do you do if you *do* succeed? SK is still hostage. > - Tit for Tat? Well, only in the bluster game. Our threats will match > yours & vice versa. > > Has anyone heard of an interesting strategy? > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Visiting Professor in Integrative Peacebuilding Saint Paul University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [email protected] <[email protected]> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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