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The u.s. has done a lot of that over this past month and over the past years. they continue to do that. we saw that with the b-52s and the b-2s and the other moves made these past couple of weeks. they're reassuring the allies and trying to restrain south korea so south korea doesn't end upstarting a fight on its own. that's an important function. at the end of the day the old policy of strategic patience has not worked, and we find ourselves in the cycle of sanctions, provocation, sanctions, provocation. i think we'll have to think about what is this end game look like? how is it this ends up...
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