OT Koreas to have joint Olympic Team?

[BrianFromWA]

http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter...their-first-joint-olympic-team-march-together

The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremonies of next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, officials said.
The agreements still require approval from the International Olympic Committee. But they are the most prominent steps toward rapprochement achieved by the Koreas since they recently began exploring cooperation during the Olympics following a year of heightened tension over the North's nuclear weapons program.

As the article states, this has been done before in 1991 (for the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Juniors for soccer).

As a cynical dick military planner type, I'm wondering a) does KJU really think 60+M South Koreans would accept his rule as "Absolute Leader", and b) if he doesn't, why on earth would he agree to a path toward unification, when in reality that would likely mean exile for him at the least and war crimes tribunals at the worst? And if he is just fooling around, what's the diversion diverting from?

Still, more peace is generally good. Not 100%, though (ask Neville Chamberlain about Moravia Czechoslovakia)

 

[tlongII]

My opinion is that KJU is looking for a way to stay alive.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Commies infiltrate and take over nations. I say we drop a few bombs. Fuck it we drop them every where else.

 

[Minstrel]

if he doesn't, why on earth would he agree to a path toward unification, when in reality that would likely mean exile for him at the least and war crimes tribunals at the worst? And if he is just fooling around, what's the diversion diverting from?

I don't see anything about him agreeing to a path toward unification. He may be trying to facilitate a path toward peaceful relations between a permanent North and South Korea. A unified Olympic team makes sense in that context, as it forges some cultural bonds between the two.

 

[MarAzul]

A unified Olympic team makes sense in that context, as it forges some cultural bonds between the two.

Heh? It has only been 70 years or so since they split! I think they are still Koreans.

 

[MarAzul]

And if he is just fooling around, what's the diversion diverting from?

Time!
Time to improve missiles, warhead, guidance system, and perhaps most of all, line up cash customers.

 

[stampedehero]

http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter...their-first-joint-olympic-team-march-together



As the article states, this has been done before in 1991 (for the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Juniors for soccer).

As a cynical dick military planner type, I'm wondering a) does KJU really think 60+M South Koreans would accept his rule as "Absolute Leader", and b) if he doesn't, why on earth would he agree to a path toward unification, when in reality that would likely mean exile for him at the least and war crimes tribunals at the worst? And if he is just fooling around, what's the diversion diverting from?

Still, more peace is generally good. Not 100%, though (ask Neville Chamberlain about Moravia Czechoslovakia)

Neville Chamberlain is dead. He was a dead idiot when he bartered The Checks to Germany just to call it a fancy political phrase "Peace in our Time"

 

[Haakzilla]

...and you guys thought diplomacy was dead, LOL!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I can see @riverman being part of a joint team.

Didn't know rolling joints was now an olympic event.

 

[THE HCP]

What would S2's version of this two enemies joining forces be? Sly and MM? MIXUM and Julius?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What would S2's version of this two enemies joining forces be? Sly and MM? MIXUM and Julius?

You and kingspeed.

 

[jlprk]

Neville Chamberlain is dead. He was a dead idiot when he bartered The Checks to Germany just to call it a fancy political phrase "Peace in our Time"

He was smarter than you. At least he knew how to spell chicks.

 

[Chris Craig]

KJU just wants North Korea to be in the olympics. Afterwards he will threaten everyone again and return his normal crazy dictator self