Who knows where the current crisis will end? Certainly, the bipartisan foreign policy establishment — which, yes, includes the Trump Administration, as well as the “liberal” media and vast chunks of the “Resistance” — seems keen on bloodshed in some form or other. Or if —particularly in the liberal quadrants — they blanche at that, they surely want to see North Korea crushed and humiliated into begging for mercy from the global hegemon.
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Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
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If the USA goes down in history as a ‘noble’ human experiment, this will be with a huge ad for an aid against constipation. With the usual warnings, of course against side effect such as brain damage. It will be a fine display probably directed by an eminent Broadway producer with light and sound effects, the nadir of human civilization. But it will be billed as “The Greatest Show on Earth”. Other countries will join in the celebrations of the Decline and Fall and welcome the survivors and the land will be given back to nature, animals and its original… Read more »
Now, North Korea is a loathsome, tyrannical regime. It is might even be somewhat worse than Saudi Arabia,
and the author knows this how?
most likely from US propaganda
i am getting sick of people that never have set foot in NK claiming it is a horrible place if that would be true
well if the US would lift its sanctions i might become a bit less horrible
China have already said they themselves would punish North Korea if it launched an unprovoked attack on the US (or anyone else).
China also said they would help NK if the US attacks first
China also said there will be no US invasion in NK