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The North Korea Syndrome
Recalling a left-wing hero’s reversal of history.
March 13, 2017
Lloyd Billingsley
When not assassinating relatives such his estranged half-brother Kim Jong-Nam, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has been launching missiles that fly perilously closer to U.S. allies such as Japan, and few doubt that the ultimate target is the American mainland. In response, as the Washington Times reported, the Trump administration seeks to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) in South Korea by the end of 2017.
This move has “angered not only North Korea but also China and Russia, which see the system’s powerful radars as a security threat.” THAAD is purely defensive but its deployment is described as “controversial.” So is the history of conflict in the region, too important to be left to an American KGB collaborator the establishment media still passes off as an independent journalist.
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The North Korean regime maintains the labor camps do not exist, and in Camp 14, Shin Dong-hyuk was taught that South Korea had invaded the North with backing of the United States. That was the line of I.F. Stone in The Hidden History of the Korean War, still in print and still praised by journalists of the left.
North Korea, meanwhile, never gets the condemnation it deserves from bodies such as the United Nations. The United States and its allies need not take seriously those who can’t tell the difference between imperfect democracies and a Stalinist regime of fathomless depravity. On the other hand, the United States must take seriously the regime’s surge in missile deployment. Deployment of THAAD is a good idea but it could stand some diplomatic reinforcement.
The Trump administration recently agreed with the longstanding “one China” policy that regards Taiwan as China’s wayward province. The president should include North Korea as part of the one-China policy. China does nothing to restrain North Korea and China is angered by a purely defensive missile system.
Trump’s plan to deploy THAAD also angered Russia, which according to establishment media legend is Trump’s key ally, responsible for his election victory. According to this line, Russia should be applauding President Trump’s defensive missile deployment.
One of the first actions of Trump’s predecessor, the 44th president, was to cancel missile defense for U.S. allies Poland and the Czech republic, which even the New York Times called a “security reversal.” In similar style, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s famous re-set gave the Russians virtually everything they wanted, including the most highly intrusive inspection program the United States had ever accepted.
“We want to ensure that every question that the Russian military or Russian government asks is answered,” Secretary Clinton said after meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. Clinton also touted “deep cooperation between our countries.”
Those who see Russia as a player for the Trump team might invoke the I.F. Stone rule. What one reads in the old-line establishment media might be the exact opposite of the truth.
The North Korea Syndrome
The North Korea Syndrome
Recalling a left-wing hero’s reversal of history.
March 13, 2017
Lloyd Billingsley
When not assassinating relatives such his estranged half-brother Kim Jong-Nam, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has been launching missiles that fly perilously closer to U.S. allies such as Japan, and few doubt that the ultimate target is the American mainland. In response, as the Washington Times reported, the Trump administration seeks to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) in South Korea by the end of 2017.
This move has “angered not only North Korea but also China and Russia, which see the system’s powerful radars as a security threat.” THAAD is purely defensive but its deployment is described as “controversial.” So is the history of conflict in the region, too important to be left to an American KGB collaborator the establishment media still passes off as an independent journalist.
...
The North Korean regime maintains the labor camps do not exist, and in Camp 14, Shin Dong-hyuk was taught that South Korea had invaded the North with backing of the United States. That was the line of I.F. Stone in The Hidden History of the Korean War, still in print and still praised by journalists of the left.
North Korea, meanwhile, never gets the condemnation it deserves from bodies such as the United Nations. The United States and its allies need not take seriously those who can’t tell the difference between imperfect democracies and a Stalinist regime of fathomless depravity. On the other hand, the United States must take seriously the regime’s surge in missile deployment. Deployment of THAAD is a good idea but it could stand some diplomatic reinforcement.
The Trump administration recently agreed with the longstanding “one China” policy that regards Taiwan as China’s wayward province. The president should include North Korea as part of the one-China policy. China does nothing to restrain North Korea and China is angered by a purely defensive missile system.
Trump’s plan to deploy THAAD also angered Russia, which according to establishment media legend is Trump’s key ally, responsible for his election victory. According to this line, Russia should be applauding President Trump’s defensive missile deployment.
One of the first actions of Trump’s predecessor, the 44th president, was to cancel missile defense for U.S. allies Poland and the Czech republic, which even the New York Times called a “security reversal.” In similar style, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s famous re-set gave the Russians virtually everything they wanted, including the most highly intrusive inspection program the United States had ever accepted.
“We want to ensure that every question that the Russian military or Russian government asks is answered,” Secretary Clinton said after meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. Clinton also touted “deep cooperation between our countries.”
Those who see Russia as a player for the Trump team might invoke the I.F. Stone rule. What one reads in the old-line establishment media might be the exact opposite of the truth.
The North Korea Syndrome