A Headline today on Yahoo News:
"North Korea's military threatened on Tuesday to use everything in its arsenal to reduce South Korea to rubble unless Seoul stops civic groups from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the communist state."
Do I hear destruction or saber-rattling? What is the difference between this threat from the North Koreans and the so-called threat from the Iranians who call for the destruction of Israel? I suppose that the North Korean threat is more serious, except it is not in an area where the American's have today a large national interest - OIL (Black Gold)!! America will be dependent on oil for a long, long time while the Russians are becoming a main supplier of oil (to Europe).
The US is indeed the leading power of the world, but have you ever heard of 'abuse of power'? Eventually, the Chinese will become the world economic power (and maybe military power as well) because the Americans are seen as greedy and arrogant.
I do not support any form of politics (I prefer to be independent), but I am able to understand how wrong policies can bring about terrible situations. I reckon that Israel and the Palestinians can live side-by-side, but somebody needs to use their weight and stop this sh** in a diplomatic way. However, I guess that the Americans do not want peace in the Middle East because they prefer to label some countries as terrorist-supporting states without making any attempt to start a dialogue to bring about peace. The American government is always demanding for the 3C's - "conditions, conditions, conditons" before any dialogue begins!! (I do not mean conditions as regards to 'condition i.e. near mint'!)
Albert
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