North Korea bombs South Korean island

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: North Korea bombs South Korean island

Sorry, Bruce Cumings from September 24th. Gives the roots of the Korean conflict in the 20s and 30s and some startling information about the level of damage inflicted on the north in the war years. Not sure what conclusions it leads to but it at least humanises the north a bit.

Yes - it was an excellent interview. Thanks for the link, oddlots.

[Shakespear]

Re: North Korea bombs South Korean island

Few know the brutality of what went on in Korea during the war by ALL parties. Some of the roots go to the attitudes of the day called eugenics and "legal" internment of US citizens in concentration camps just because their ancestral lands were at war with the US.

Of course that would never be done in Today's World.

[Shakespear]

Re: North Korea bombs South Korean island

N. Korea is a dog on a chain for China. When needed it is used, and in return it is fed.

I like this angle,

The US has been very upset about China’s refusal to bend to US demands to revalue the Yuan to favour America’s flagging dollar. The US is also very concerned about China’s increasing power as a global player politically, economically and militarily. Unlike the US, China has not spent too much of its time rattling its sabre around the world in the quest for resources. Instead it simply sends its representatives to whatever country has the resources that China doesn’t have and they do a deal. Simple as that.

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