Jim H.
All
Australians should be demanding an end to the bullying of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK), otherwise known as North Korea. Billions of words
have been written and said by the world’s most vicious representatives of the
most bloodthirsty powers in order to isolate this small country and make it
ripe for invasion.
Unfortunately,
the Australian government has been in up to its neck in this sordid affair. This
is a disgrace and should be given no credence whatsoever.
Reality
is turned on its head by insisting that the North is a threat to the world. The
reality is that the US, Britain, France etc., have the track record of
launching attacks on other countries. Australia acts as deputy sheriff to the
United States. Yet these are the ones who dare to paint themselves as bringers
of peace.
The
DPRK is targeted because it dares to stand up and demand to be treated as an
equal. Its leaders have repeatedly
demanded an end to the bullying and asserted the right to self-defence in these
circumstances. No fair minded person would deny that we all have this right.
Nor would any fair minded person deny this small country the right to choose
its destiny and direction of development.
These
matters are at the heart of the Korean issue.
The
recent missile and satellite launches must be seen in this context. It is the
height of arrogance for a nation to demand that only it should decide who is to
have access to the upper atmosphere and outer space and who is not. The truth is that every developed nation, and
many developing nations, use satellite technology fortheir communications
systems. Denying North Korea the same right is economic sabotage.
The
US claims that this knowledge could be used for unfriendly and aggressive
purposes. Yet who is it that has an extensive spy and military system already
working in orbit around the Earth. It’s a case of the pot calling the kettle
black.
So
long as a million troops continue to press on the border, when nuclear weapons
continue to be aimed at the North, when a puppet government is maintained in
the South, when a continuous parade of war games is being carried out in front
of the target, when aggressive acts involving nuclear-capacity Stealth bombers are
being carried out, the Korean peninsula will remain a major threat to world
peace. A threat that is not coming from the Korean people, but from an
aggressive power, which will stop at nothing to extend its empire and satisfy
its ambition to achieve its ultimate goal – to encircle and attack China.
North
Korea has stated that it is willing to re-engage in constructive talks.
"If the US
and the South enemies... genuinely want dialogue and negotiation, they should
take these steps," the DPRK defence commission said.
"The first
step will be withdrawing the UN Security Council resolutions cooked up on
ridiculous grounds," the statement said.
"Second, you
need to tell the whole world that you will not get involved in any rehearsal
for a nuclear war that threatens our nation. Dialogues and war games can never
go together," it added.
For now it looks
like there may be a temporary truce. The problem will not be resolved soon
though and it remains important that all those who want a peaceful world, all
those who want to see an end to a world dominated by imperialism and who support the forces for liberation, to demand
that the bullies take their hands off Korea.
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Further reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/world/asia/us-begins-stealth-bombing-runs-over-south-korea.html?_r=0
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Further reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/world/asia/us-begins-stealth-bombing-runs-over-south-korea.html?_r=0
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