The Washington blob and the Korean Peninsula

Youth programs that train you to be a mini-me of a big-hitting commentator and spew the same industry-acceptable crap

Have you ever seen a think-tanker promote themselves on social media with “Asia Expert and Adviser to xxxx Secretary of State” or “Korea Expert, Senior Advisor to xxxx National Security Advisor”? You’re super excited to gain insight, and you attend the lecture but then you hear the cat speak and there’s as much insight as the last State Department press release. It makes you start to think. Asia Expert… Hmmmm… when the US has had that much success in dealing with a two-bit poxy state like North Korea, it ain’t nothing to boast about.

Let’s face it, you trod water for four to eight years, and got nowhere. The best thing you did during those years was to buy shares in companies fobbing arms to Korea. Asia Expert, my ass. Washington Blob is all.

Washington, D.C., is known for its powerful think tanks, which are supposed to generate innovative ideas and influence U.S. foreign policy. But when it comes to the Korean Peninsula, the Washington think-tank community often feels stale and way out…