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Peace in Korea? It could happen, but why?

Why did North Korea build up its nuclear capacity, only to start peace talks when their arsenal is finally adequate. What is the end-goal? 1) They want to ensure that no country will invade North Korea. The threat of a nuclear strike is enough to scare almost any country, particularly the US and our allies. Prior to this point, North Korea was able to threaten destruction of Seoul, with conventional weapons, as a deterrent. However, now those conventional weapons are largely unnecessary.  If this is their goal (to 100% avoid invasion), I don't see why North Korea would ever remove their nuclear capacity.  But maybe they don't have to.  2) What if North Korea wants the removal of sanctions. I think the world would accept a deal to remove sanctions in return for complete removal of their nuclear weapons and programs. But the nuclear weapons were what caused the sanctions in the first place (not the government's treatment of their people).  It is possible that the sanction

Big-Tent or Hard-Core

As I look towards the mid-term elections, I see a fundamental choice the Democratic Party has to make (although it seems like they already made it). I currently believe that there is a significant number of Trump voters that are not happy with how things are going (this could be said for almost any President after a year in office).  For those voters who are dissatisfied, they really only have one other choice, the Democrats. However, as they look at the Democratic platform, the see a party that is moving further to the left. These voters would probably support a Bill Clinton Democrat, but not a Chuck Schumer one.  (When I was in Texas, I saw a map of the United States, and over New York and California was a cutout that read "Not America", yet here are the Democrats shoving stereotypical representations of these states as their leaders). Choice 1: The Democrats could try to create a big tent. Snap up all those votes, but sacrifice some agenda items. They could say "