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You're the only one saying IS and the Killing Fields are humorous. I'm saying Operation Menu played the same role in facilitating the Killing Fields as Operation Iraqi Liberation played in facilitating IS. If you find either one funny, I suggest you look into therapy.What do you imagine you're proving by claiming to "have sat in the 'Killing Fields' and looked out over the bones of the dead?"
That I know enough about the topic to know your infantile jokes about it are not funny.
I don't mean to ignore Soviet/Chinese terrorism over the past half-century; however, I don't want to minimize the history of hideous atrocities committed by the US over the same time period. One year to the day before his death, Martin King described the US as the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, and our actions have only become more hideous since 1967.And yet the Soviet empire swallowed many Eastern European nations at the end of WW II.The very last thing Marxist-Leninists needed at the end of WWII was a Cold War with a continental superpower whose homeland infrastructure was untouched by the most destructive war in human history.
Please don't ignore the brutality of Soviet imperialism.
The Black Book of Communism
"In 1979, Pilger and two colleagues with whom he collaborated for many years, documentary film-maker David Munro and photographer Eric Piper, entered Cambodia in the wake of the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime.Pilger is a hack who markets simplistic nonsense to simplistic conspiracy nutters. Might as well quote Onion articles or Mad Magazine. The Red Chinese supported Pol Pot, and the U.S. nor any other SEATO country had anything to do with his rise to power.
As for U.S. foreign policy, the Viet Nam civil war was a necessity, even as it was one those necessities was there was no perfect outcome and all the choices were bad, it was the least bad option to attempt to prop up the South against Ho. As Kissinger said,"Many times in foreign policy all the choices are bad, so it's a matter of choosing the least bad choice.", and the VN policy was such a choice. We couldn't abandon our SEATO allies nor allow a Soviet naval base in Viet Nam.
As a result, there was no Soviet naval base built there astride the critical Asian sea routes, Brezshnev's Soviet Union was driven into bankruptcy and unable to keep maintaining their ME allies and African operations, and became dependent on Western wheat just to survive, hence the 'Detente' era. followed by Gorbachev's reforms. Despite all the dramatic sniveling and hyperbole, it was a long term policy victory for the West. And, we also headed off a Sino-Soviet conflict that could have easily escalated into WW III as well.
As for U.S. foreign policy, the Viet Nam civil war was a necessity, even as it was one those necessities was there was no perfect outcome and all the choices were bad, it was the least bad option to attempt to prop up the South against Ho. As Kissinger said,"Many times in foreign policy all the choices are bad, so it's a matter of choosing the least bad choice.", and the VN policy was such a choice. We couldn't abandon our SEATO allies nor allow a Soviet naval base in Viet Nam.
As a result, there was no Soviet naval base built there astride the critical Asian sea routes, Brezshnev's Soviet Union was driven into bankruptcy and unable to keep maintaining their ME allies and African operations, and became dependent on Western wheat just to survive, hence the 'Detente' era. followed by Gorbachev's reforms. Despite all the dramatic sniveling and hyperbole, it was a long term policy victory for the West. And, we also headed off a Sino-Soviet conflict that could have easily escalated into WW III as well.
The Soviets' willingness to provide economic and military support to third world regimes that were targets of US subversion and aggression (like Cuba) came about in response to Washington's plans to construct a global system subservient to western capital. It wasn't the Soviets invading and occupying Korea and Vietnam after WWII; it was the US who engaged in those actions out of fear the Great Depression would return without war spending. Millions of innocent humans were maimed, murdered, and displaced by those misplaced policies.And yet the Soviet empire swallowed many Eastern European nations at the end of WW II.The very last thing Marxist-Leninists needed at the end of WWII was a Cold War with a continental superpower whose homeland infrastructure was untouched by the most destructive war in human history.
Please don't ignore the brutality of Soviet imperialism.
The Black Book of Communism
Yes. It was the Soviets who were the aggressive imperialists after WW II, not the U.S., especially with the rise of Khrushchev and his fellow imperialist Brezhnev.
Wow, that is real lunacy! Just to take one example: Kim Il-sung, backed by Stalin and Mao, invaded South Korea. The U.S. only responded.The Soviets' willingness to provide economic and military support to third world regimes that were targets of US subversion and aggression (like Cuba) came about in response to Washington's plans to construct a global system subservient to western capital. It wasn't the Soviets invading and occupying Korea and Vietnam after WWII; it was the US who engaged in those actions out of fear the Great Depression would return without war spending. Millions of innocent humans were maimed, murdered, and displaced by those misplaced policies.
Good.I don't mean to ignore Soviet/Chinese terrorism over the past half-century;
More craziness."Overcoming amnesia, suppose we now apply the methodology of the Black Book and its reviewers to the full story, not just the doctrinally acceptable half.
"We therefore conclude that in India the democratic capitalist 'experiment' since 1947 has caused more deaths than in the entire history of the 'colossal, wholly failed...experiment' of Communism everywhere since 1917: over 100 million deaths by 1979, tens of millions more since, in India alone.
So you don't believe in democracy?"The 'criminal indictment' of the 'democratic capitalist experiment'
I would choose South Korea over North Korea and the US over both as the freest place on earth to live.Wow, that is real lunacy! Just to take one example: Kim Il-sung, backed by Stalin and Mao, invaded South Korea. The U.S. only responded.The Soviets' willingness to provide economic and military support to third world regimes that were targets of US subversion and aggression (like Cuba) came about in response to Washington's plans to construct a global system subservient to western capital. It wasn't the Soviets invading and occupying Korea and Vietnam after WWII; it was the US who engaged in those actions out of fear the Great Depression would return without war spending. Millions of innocent humans were maimed, murdered, and displaced by those misplaced policies.
And do you think a war economy is necessary for prosperity? Look at the Swiss - rich, but peaceful.
Another question I bet you won't answer: Where would you rather live, North Korea or South Korea?
I believe in democracy, but not in colonialism or genocide.Good.I don't mean to ignore Soviet/Chinese terrorism over the past half-century;
More craziness."Overcoming amnesia, suppose we now apply the methodology of the Black Book and its reviewers to the full story, not just the doctrinally acceptable half.
"We therefore conclude that in India the democratic capitalist 'experiment' since 1947 has caused more deaths than in the entire history of the 'colossal, wholly failed...experiment' of Communism everywhere since 1917: over 100 million deaths by 1979, tens of millions more since, in India alone.
1) Is your argument that Communists like Mao were incredibly awful, but India was poor so we shouldn't dwell on Communist brutality? Because that's pretty weak.
2) Why on earth do you think India since 1947 has been capitalist?! Indira Gandhi for one nationalized many industries.
3) I'm glad you brought up Amartya Sen. Amartya Sen's millions of missing women were mostly victims of the abortion industry and its Western elite liberal allies.
Review - Unnatural Selection, by Mara Hvistendahl
So you don't believe in democracy?"The 'criminal indictment' of the 'democratic capitalist experiment'
Which makes your embrace of the North Korean dictators hard to understand.I would choose South Korea over North Korea
quote: General Hodge directly controlled South Korea as head of the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK 1945–48). He established control by restoring to power the key Japanese colonial administrators, but in the face of Korean protests he quickly reversed himself. The USAMGIK refused to recognize the provisional government of the short-lived People's Republic of Korea (PRK) because it suspected it was communist.That doesn't mean I'm ignorant of or indifferent to the historical role the US played in sabotaging Korean reunification in 1945, five years before the North "invaded."
Chomsky tries to diminish the crimes of the CCP by pointing to the 100 million missing women of Amartya Sen, but it turns out these women were mostly the victims of the abortion industry so loved by Western elite liberals and their tools!I believe in democracy, but not in colonialism or genocide.
"The People's Republic of Korea had not been elected, the U.S. was not obliged to hand them the reins of power. The U.S. was the first to hold elections on 10 May 1948."Which makes your embrace of the North Korean dictators hard to understand.I would choose South Korea over North Korea
quote: General Hodge directly controlled South Korea as head of the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK 1945–48). He established control by restoring to power the key Japanese colonial administrators, but in the face of Korean protests he quickly reversed himself. The USAMGIK refused to recognize the provisional government of the short-lived People's Republic of Korea (PRK) because it suspected it was communist.That doesn't mean I'm ignorant of or indifferent to the historical role the US played in sabotaging Korean reunification in 1945, five years before the North "invaded."
link: Korean War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
The People's Republic of Korea had not been elected, the U.S. was not obliged to hand them the reins of power. The U.S. was the first to hold elections on 10 May 1948.
And now please tell me why Kim Il-sung's tanks and soldiers moving into South Korea on 25 June 1950 was not an invasion. Were they just out for a stroll?
Not an invasion!
Which makes your embrace of the North Korean dictators hard to understand.I would choose South Korea over North Korea
quote: General Hodge directly controlled South Korea as head of the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK 1945–48). He established control by restoring to power the key Japanese colonial administrators, but in the face of Korean protests he quickly reversed himself. The USAMGIK refused to recognize the provisional government of the short-lived People's Republic of Korea (PRK) because it suspected it was communist.That doesn't mean I'm ignorant of or indifferent to the historical role the US played in sabotaging Korean reunification in 1945, five years before the North "invaded."
link: Korean War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
The People's Republic of Korea had not been elected, the U.S. was not obliged to hand them the reins of power. The U.S. was the first to hold elections on 10 May 1948.
And now please tell me why Kim Il-sung's tanks and soldiers moving into South Korea on 25 June 1950 was not an invasion. Were they just out for a stroll?
Not an invasion!
The US wasn't obliged to hand control to the rich Korean landowners and capitalists who collaborated with the Japanese either.The People's Republic of Korea had not been elected, the U.S. was not obliged to hand them the reins of power. The U.S. was the first to hold elections on 10 May 1948.
Communists have been known to put nice words on pieces of paper to fool the gullible."The program of the PRK was presented in its September 14 twenty-seven point program.
Evidence for this statement?The PRK earned to right to hold reunification elections in Korea by virtue of their resistance to the Japanese occupation,
Laughable! You believe the North Korean dictators have championed freedom and democracy??You asked why North Koreans "invaded" South Korea in 1950? Because the US denied basic human rights and universal suffrage to the people of South Korea in 1945.
I never said "North Korean dictators have championed freedom and democracy." I said the US and only the US prevented reunification elections in Korea in 1945 that would have prevented all Korean dictators, North and South.Communists have been known to put nice words on pieces of paper to fool the gullible."The program of the PRK was presented in its September 14 twenty-seven point program.
Evidence for this statement?The PRK earned to right to hold reunification elections in Korea by virtue of their resistance to the Japanese occupation,
Laughable! You believe the North Korean dictators have championed freedom and democracy??You asked why North Koreans "invaded" South Korea in 1950? Because the US denied basic human rights and universal suffrage to the people of South Korea in 1945.
The U.S. prevented the imposition of a Soviet puppet regime which would have delighted in mass famine, prison camps, torture, executions, and general tyranny.I said the US and only the US prevented reunification elections in Korea in 1945 that would have prevented all Korean dictators, North and South.
You don't know much Korean History, do you?The U.S. prevented the imposition of a Soviet puppet regime which would have delighted in mass famine, prison camps, torture, executions, and general tyranny.I said the US and only the US prevented reunification elections in Korea in 1945 that would have prevented all Korean dictators, North and South.
You think parroting a couple of far left articles makes you knowledgeable?You don't know much Korean History, do you?
Wrong, again. I'm not sufficiently racist to believe Koreans needed an occupation at the end of WWII to reunify their country.georgephillip hopes the whole Korean peninsula, not just the northern half, can enjoy the blessings of Communist rule.
Pyongyang’s Hunger Games
The Crimes of Kim Jong Il
North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung thought transfusions of blood from youths would help him live to 100
THE WORST BUILDING ON EARTH?
Freedom of the Press
I think the author of the article I posted has forgotten more Korean History than you and I have ever learned:You think parroting a couple of far left articles makes you knowledgeable?You don't know much Korean History, do you?
