Photo by edwardhblake | CC BY 2.0 March 12, 2018 by Dave Lindorff I’m no fan of police states or of dictators, whether in Russia, China, North Korea or under development here in the United States, but let’s at least be honest about what’s behind the news that President Trump has agreed to meet …
Nov 14, 2017 by Tyler Durden Authored by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning, President Trump is wrapping up his historic visit to Asia today. Trump’s journey is the longest overseas trip of his presidency and the longest Asian visit of any president in 25 years. After a stopover in Hawaii, Trump proceeded to Japan, …
Nov 13, 2017 by Tyler Durden Authored by James George Jatras via The Strategic Culture Foundation, There’s no indication that President Donald Trump’s summit with China’s Xi Jinping achieved any breakthrough on North Korea. But why didn’t it? After all, Trump said that China could “fix” the North Korea problem “easily …
12 Nov, 2017 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un © KCNA / Reuters Donald Trump seems disappointed that he has so far failed to make friends with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying he would never call Kim “short & fat,” in contrast to Pyongyang, which keep calling him names. With tensions running high over …
November 02, 2017 by Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog The 19th Party Congress has made it very clear that “socialism with Chinese characteristics” – as codified by President Xi Jinping – is China’s road map ahead. Not only the strategy graphically eschews those much-lauded “Western values”; it will, in Xi’s own words, offer “a new option …
20 Oct, 2017 © David Slimings / Global Look Press North Korea has sent a letter filled with Trump-bashing to the Australian Parliament, urging MPs to condemn Washington’s saber-rattling, while at the same time assuring them of its “highest consideration.” The letter was penned by North Korea’s Foreign Affairs Committee and sent to Australia’s Indonesian embassy late …
Felicity ARBUTHNOT October 14, 2017: By Felicity Arbuthnot When US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, stated of North Korea (4th September 2017): “When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. No one would do that”, she unwittingly put her finger on why …
October 13, 2017 by Daisy Luther At a House hearing yesterday, experts warned members of Congress that a North Korean EMP attack could kill 90% of Americans within one year, calling it an “existential threat.” But despite this looming crisis, the Department of Defense has decided now was the time to defund the Congressional committee that …
By Peter Symonds Global Research, October 11, 2017 World Socialist Web Site 10 October 2017 In comments that underscore the advanced US preparations for war with North Korea, Defence Secretary James Mattis declared yesterday that the armed forces had “to be ready to ensure that we have military options that our …
Often, when people are first becoming personally acquainted with me and my political views, I will be asked point-blank: “Do you support North Korea?” I always respond, “No, I don’t support North Korea. I support all of Korea.” Among average Americans and even many who consider themselves activists and leftists, there is a great deal of …
Trump makes ominous “calm before the storm” threat at US military meeting as North Korea prepares a test for an ICBM that can hit the US. October 6, 2017 By Jay Syrmopoulos Washington, D.C. – Military tensions between the United States and North Korea are reaching critical mass …
22.09.2017
Source: Stefan Krasowski [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Pyongyang has fired two ballistic missiles that flew over the territory of Japan. Why doesn’t Tokyo intercept them? Officials say that the missiles are not dangerous, but their words do not sound convincing. It would be an excellent propaganda move and an …
24.09.2017 As a rule, in most academic and media circles, mainly in the West, the history of the division of the Korean Peninsula is oversimplified, mainly due to political interests seeking to revise history to try to justify somehow the US military presence in Korea. In the following lines we try to …
21.09.2017 Author: Salman Rafi Sheikh Politics of sanctions is not known to have been an effective source of bringing about political change. This is particularly evident from the way Iran has thwarted the US and EU sanctions in the last decade or so, and this is even more particualr from the way North Kores …
“Somebody’s going to use a false flag and someone is going to shoot down an airplane, just so this war gets started,” said the former Congressman. September 27, 2017 By Matt Agorist Former Congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul is going on the offensive to …
Nov 14, 2017 by Tyler Durden Authored by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning, President Trump is wrapping up his historic visit to Asia today. Trump’s journey is the longest overseas trip of his presidency and the longest Asian visit of any president in 25 years. After a stopover in Hawaii, Trump proceeded to Japan, …
12 Nov, 2017 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un © KCNA / Reuters Donald Trump seems disappointed that he has so far failed to make friends with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying he would never call Kim “short & fat,” in contrast to Pyongyang, which keep calling him names. With tensions running high over …
20 Oct, 2017 © David Slimings / Global Look Press North Korea has sent a letter filled with Trump-bashing to the Australian Parliament, urging MPs to condemn Washington’s saber-rattling, while at the same time assuring them of its “highest consideration.” The letter was penned by North Korea’s Foreign Affairs Committee and sent to Australia’s Indonesian embassy late …
October 13, 2017 by Daisy Luther At a House hearing yesterday, experts warned members of Congress that a North Korean EMP attack could kill 90% of Americans within one year, calling it an “existential threat.” But despite this looming crisis, the Department of Defense has decided now was the time to defund the Congressional committee that …
Often, when people are first becoming personally acquainted with me and my political views, I will be asked point-blank: “Do you support North Korea?” I always respond, “No, I don’t support North Korea. I support all of Korea.” Among average Americans and even many who consider themselves activists and leftists, there is a great deal of …
22.09.2017
Source: Stefan Krasowski [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Pyongyang has fired two ballistic missiles that flew over the territory of Japan. Why doesn’t Tokyo intercept them? Officials say that the missiles are not dangerous, but their words do not sound convincing. It would be an excellent propaganda move and an …
21.09.2017 Author: Salman Rafi Sheikh Politics of sanctions is not known to have been an effective source of bringing about political change. This is particularly evident from the way Iran has thwarted the US and EU sanctions in the last decade or so, and this is even more particualr from the way North Kores …
Nov 13, 2017 by Tyler Durden Authored by James George Jatras via The Strategic Culture Foundation, There’s no indication that President Donald Trump’s summit with China’s Xi Jinping achieved any breakthrough on North Korea. But why didn’t it? After all, Trump said that China could “fix” the North Korea problem “easily …
November 02, 2017 by Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog The 19th Party Congress has made it very clear that “socialism with Chinese characteristics” – as codified by President Xi Jinping – is China’s road map ahead. Not only the strategy graphically eschews those much-lauded “Western values”; it will, in Xi’s own words, offer “a new option …
Felicity ARBUTHNOT October 14, 2017: By Felicity Arbuthnot When US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, stated of North Korea (4th September 2017): “When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. No one would do that”, she unwittingly put her finger on why …
By Peter Symonds Global Research, October 11, 2017 World Socialist Web Site 10 October 2017 In comments that underscore the advanced US preparations for war with North Korea, Defence Secretary James Mattis declared yesterday that the armed forces had “to be ready to ensure that we have military options that our …
Trump makes ominous “calm before the storm” threat at US military meeting as North Korea prepares a test for an ICBM that can hit the US. October 6, 2017 By Jay Syrmopoulos Washington, D.C. – Military tensions between the United States and North Korea are reaching critical mass …
24.09.2017 As a rule, in most academic and media circles, mainly in the West, the history of the division of the Korean Peninsula is oversimplified, mainly due to political interests seeking to revise history to try to justify somehow the US military presence in Korea. In the following lines we try to …
“Somebody’s going to use a false flag and someone is going to shoot down an airplane, just so this war gets started,” said the former Congressman. September 27, 2017 By Matt Agorist Former Congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul is going on the offensive to …