{"id":30267,"date":"2018-06-12T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30267"},"modified":"2018-06-12T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:17:36","slug":"its-only-a-beginning-however","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30267","title":{"rendered":"It’s only a beginning, however …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Well, so far so good. Maybe. Possibly. We can hold our breath now.<\/p>\n

Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong Un — the leaders of two enemy nations — have met, shaken hands and have signed an agreement that commits North Korea to reaching a peace agreement on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

That means eventual “denuclearization.” It means an end to “war games” with U.S. and South Korean forces practicing ways they can fend off a potential attack from the North; the president called the exercises “provocative.”<\/p>\n

Where in the name of world peace to we go from here?<\/p>\n

Perhaps the bigger question is whether we can trust the North Korean dictator — who’s killed dissenters by the thousands and ordered the murder of members of his own family — to keep his word.<\/p>\n

The president, in an extraordinary — and frankly, incredulous — about-face, has called Kim an “honorable” man. He said his people “love” him. Really, Mr. President? They love this guy?<\/p>\n

President Reagan used to invoke a Russian saying that translated loosely means “trust, but verify.” I am waiting for signs that our side has instituted any verification mechanisms to validate the pledges that Kim has made to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Maybe they’re in there, somewhere, hidden from public view.<\/p>\n

Then again, maybe the president of the United States has been taken for a ride.<\/p>\n

Still, this first-ever meeting between a U.S. president and a North Korean despot holds enormous promise.<\/p>\n

Or … it might all explode.<\/p>\n

Now we wait.<\/p>\n\n

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