MORAL QUESTIONS RELATING TO NORTH KOREA # 1
IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://W.W.W.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - MON. MAR. 19/18
Ref: Wall Street Journal Review, Letter From North Korea, Sat./Sun.Sep. 23-24, 2017 - Selected Quotes
1. A signboard in Pyongang declares "No one can stand in our Way" as a tank rolls over words representing United Nations sanctions and North Korea's international isolation, Aug. 21, 2017. "We are not interested in dialogue to undermine our newly built strategic status." Propaganda is ubiquitous, from anti-U.S. posters to patriotic hymns.
2. The Journal reporters traveled to Pyongyang for a tightly controlled reporting trip tween Sept. 14 and 19 amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea....North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan on the second day of the trip. Hours after the group departed, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to "totally destroy North Korea" if the U.S. is required to defend itself or allies, saying leader Kim Jong Un - whom he called "Rocket Man" - was on a suicide mission.
3. Most Washington policy makers view talk of coexistence with nuclear-armed Pyongyang as a nonstarter. Allowing an unpredictable leader such as Kim Jong Jun, who has threatened to attack the U.S., to have such capabilities is simply too risky.
4. Bomb imagery colors daily life. At an orphanage, children play with plastic mobile rocket launchers instead of toy trucks. Shops sell commemorative intercontinental ballistic missile stamps, while a bakery sells cakes featuring an upright rocket, ready to launch....
5. The message government officials conveyed repeatedly to the Journal reporters: North Korea won't part with its nuclear weapons under any circumstances and is resolved to suffer economic sanctions and risk war with the U.S. to keep them. ... N.K officials said their weapons, which include nuclear missiles being designed to reach the U.S., were meant for defensive purposed only.... The officials said they wanted to force the U.S. to coexit under a system of deferrence, much as did with the Soviet Union in the Cold War...
6. During the 1990s, the country fell into a famine that killed hundreds of thousands, even as the government diverted resouces to the military. Today tens of thousands of North Koreans are believed to laguish in gulags and the state allows no dissent. ...
8. It is also a city undergoing a growth spurt, thanks to an economic miniboom driven by trade with China. Kim John Un is adding futuristic looking skyscrappers, many built for scientists and university lecturers, plus cultural amenities including a water park. ...
9. Propaganda is ubiquitous, from anti-U.S. posters and slogans to the constant sound of patriotic hyms, sometimes set to rock beats. The messages exalt three generations of Kim family leaders, who have stayed in power for more than seven decades of building a police state and instilling in the populace A QUASI-RELIGION....ELITES appear to be living well. a sushi restaurant run by deceased leader Kim Jong II's former sushi chef serves $100 platters of raw fish. A supermarket in Kwangbok Street had products ranging from locally made tea to $79 imported Japanese whisky.
10. Ri Gi Song, an economist at N.K. Academy of Social Sciences said that the country could rely on oil producing North Korean allies to get around the sanctions/ "I'll let you guess which," he said. When the journal suggested a few possible countries, including Iran and Venezuela, he smiled and repeated his answer. ... George H. Kubeck
COMMENTARY:
How do you deal with a ruthless, barbarian, mafia-type family un-civilized communist regime that threatens the very existence of our country? There are non-military measures that need to be taken.
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