America`s War on
North Korea
Posted: 2013/04/03
From: Mathaba
by Stephen Lendman
On
Truman's war never ended. Its origin was misreported. IF
Stone's "Hidden History of the Korean War" explained.
Monthly Review co-founders Leo Huberman and Paul Sweezy wrote in the preface:
"This book....paints a very different picture of the Korean War - one, in
fact, which is at variance with the official version at almost every
point."
Stone's investigative research presented a "full-scale reassessment of the
whole" war. French publisher Claude Bourdet
added:
"If Stone's thesis corresponds to reality, we are in the presence of the
greatest swindle in the whole of military history....not a question of a
harmless fraud but of a terrible maneuver in which
deception is being consciously utilized to block peace at a time when it is
possible."
Stone called it international aggression. So did Huberman
and Sweezy, saying:
"....we have come to the conclusion that (South Korean president) Syngman Rhee deliberately provoked the North Koreans in the
hope that they would retaliate by crossing the parallel in force. The
northerners fell neatly into the trap."
Beating up on
On March 11,
Days earlier, the Security Council voted new sanctions. They followed
They involved other restrictions.
Its state-run Rodong Sinmun
said "the armistice agreement has been nullified. (N)o
one can expect what will happen next."
Newly elected South Korean President Park Guen-hye
said "We must deal strongly with a North Korean provocation."
White House National Security Advisor, Tom Donilon
warned:
"There should be no doubt. We will draw upon the full range of our
capabilities to protect against, and to respond to, the threat posed to us and
to our allies by
On March 30,
"The moves of the
"The Supreme Command of the KPA in its previous statement solemnly
declared at home and abroad the will of the army and people of the DPRK to take
decisive military counteraction to defend the sovereignty of the country and
the dignity of its supreme leadership as regards the war moves of the US and
south Korean puppets that have reached the most extreme phase."
"It is the resolute answer of the DPRK and its steadfast stand to counter
the nuclear blackmail of the
"Time has come to stage a do-or-die final battle."
"From this moment, the north-south relations will be put at the state of
war and all the issues arousing between the north and the south will be dealt
with according to the wartime regulations."
"The state of neither peace nor war has ended on the
"….(T)he Korean people will give vent to the pent-up grudge and realize
their cherished desire and thus bring a bright day of national reunification
and build the best power on this land without fail."
White House National Security Council spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden said:
"We've seen reports of a new and unconstructive statement from
"But, we would also note that
No signs of military activity exist.
A war of words continue. It's familiar. We've seen it
all before.
Doing so aggressively is planned.
Beating up on
US Forces
B-2s are equipped for nuclear bombs and missiles. Capability doesn't reflect
policy.
On the one hand, US officials suggest it. On the other, saber
rattling implies otherwise. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
says
After B-2s overflew
Potentially, a spark could ignite it. Small incidents at times cause big ones.
Another Asian war would be disastrous.
It's hard imagining what no head of state should risk. For sure Kim Jong-un won't.
At the same time, Obama's
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