Meliva wrote:Kim Jong Un wrote:Did you guys think Barack Obama was a decent president?
Not really no.
why is that?
Meliva wrote:Kim Jong Un wrote:Did you guys think Barack Obama was a decent president?
Not really no.
Kim Jong Un wrote:Meliva wrote:Kim Jong Un wrote:Did you guys think Barack Obama was a decent president?
Not really no.
why is that?
Kim Jong Un wrote:wasn't the deal with Iran to prevent them from making nukes? Also I thought the US military was actually still going steady because of the F-35's coming in. I thought it was just that China is launching new ships and planes faster than the US because China's army has always been pretty big due to their large population
Kim Jong Un wrote:wasn't the deal with Iran to prevent them from making nukes? Also I thought the US military was actually still going steady because of the F-35's coming in. I thought it was just that China is launching new ships and planes faster than the US because China's army has always been pretty big due to their large population
El Draque wrote:Oh it was ridiculous! Mel, by their logic, If you get a Black, lesbian, female president it would be three Nobel peace prizes.
Meliva wrote:Kim Jong Un wrote:wasn't the deal with Iran to prevent them from making nukes? Also I thought the US military was actually still going steady because of the F-35's coming in. I thought it was just that China is launching new ships and planes faster than the US because China's army has always been pretty big due to their large population
They were given 1.3 Billion dollars apparently due to an old deal where they paid the US around 400 Million for some airplanes some decades ago but never got them due to unforeseen events.. Apparently the 1.3B was due to also being interest on top of the initial 400M. However, it was also used as leverage to get 4 american prisoners from them.
So in other words, Obama paid them roughly 4 times what they paid us to get 4 prisoners. Now he denied that they were paying a ransom, and that it was just paying an old debt and the prisoners were just being exchanged, but that's just a flat out lie.
I could understand paying them 400M if they did indeed give us that decades ago. Maybe even a little extra. I would not pay them over triple what they gave us. I'd probably go no higher then 500 Million, and still demand the prisoners. Though I'd be reluctant to pay any ransom, even under a different name.
Edit- also china does have a large military and army, but mostly due to lot's of money, and people. But funny enough due to how many soldiers they have, they literally can not afford to give every soldier modern gear. Many have hand-me-downs and out-dated gear. Same with a lot of their tech. Lot's of tanks, planes and ships, but a lot are old. It takes a lot of money and effort to maintain a modern military , and it takes a lot of money and effort to maintain a massive military, couple both together and you now have a very nearly impossible goal.