So short of Kim Jong Un and/or Donald Trump pounding out of the meeting giving each other the finger, and rushing home to point rockets at each other. Â
It’s a win. Today is historic, the very fact we have today is a victory. Â
All of this why they are there, who gave in to who, who gains the most politically, in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter. Â
As we sit here today the world is a safer place because of this meeting. Even if they do nothing more than say, "it went well, and we'll get together again soon,"  is a win and the world remains a safer place. Â
If they make any sort of progress at all, it's a win and the world is a safer place. Â
And anything apart from that by way of negativity will be driven by political agenda and/or hatred for Trump. Â
Most of the critics, and there are plenty of them under different circumstances, would be salivating at the prospect of today. Â
The argument about Trump having to travel further, the argument about it’s a win for Un given he gets legitimised by being in the same room as aPresident is all crap that prevents progress. Â
Say what you like about Trump and the way he goes about stuff. But what you can't argue with is, he gets stuff done. Â
While they all huff and puff in Canada about the G7, tell me the last time a G7 meeting did anything, anything solid, tangible and memorable. Â
Tell me what happened last year at the G7. You can't because that’s politics on a daily basis. Hot air, pleasantries, idealistic waffle, and poof it's gone. Â
Who cares if Korea needs this more, if it leads somewhere better than where we have been. We are winning. Â
Nothing short of de-nuking is acceptable they say. What tosh. Â
If Un never fires another rocket even if he has rockets, that's a win. Â
Most agreements end in a compromise, not a one sided vanquish.
History shows us peace is often fragile or delicate. Peace can have set backs, but peace is what you have, nevertheless. Â
You got to see this in simple terms, before today you had a rogue nation most of the world fretted over and started to melt down about overtime the leader went nuts with rhetoric and a rocket.
As a result of Singapore, we have at the very worst a stalemate, a truce of sorts, a stand off. Â
Is there goodwill? Appears so. Is there every reason to believe there will be progress? Why not?
Is there a chance this is the start of something good? Who doesn’t want to think so? Â
So let's for now, keep it at that. Today is a good day and it might lead to more of them. You'd be churlish to try and undermine that.Â
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