Originally Posted by ilnjscb

This. Anyone disparaging a process that will potentially resolve a conflict that has existed since the 1950s because it didn't reach resolution in one day has, I guess, no idea what a real negotiation looks like.

Nuclear war has no winners. I personally thought there was no way out but war, where good people had to die. If this isn't the case, and it takes a few months, that's ok with me and any other sane person.

The cancellation of the exercises, the photos, the "legitimacy" all have no cost, in dollars or in lives. What has been given is Las Vegas coupons, and no real defensive capability has been lost.

Let's see where this goes, like smart people.