South Korea and Japan may see it differently than the US Press Corp about the end of war games as well. However, this should not be a surprise and Kim Jong Un, Russia and China are correct, war games are provocations to the belief nuclear weapons are necessary for North Korea.
The idea China and Russia ask for an end to military war games with South Korea only shows the fact they have a long time relationship with North Korea. I am sure every time there is some sort of diplomatic relations between North Korea and its northern neighbors the topic of the US war games comes up. The reason North Korea is worried is because while the US and South Korea are participating in such war games it has the appearance of invading North Korea WHILE IT'S ALLIES, namely China and Russia, sit on the side lines.
Kim Jong Un is more than willing to rely on China and Russia to protect from nuclear attack if it disarms. That is also something Libya didn't have. It did not have a big brother at it's borders. So, Un seems to believe the USA is very good at carrying out military actions that could be an invasion into North Korea. I think Un's point of view is that he cannot defend from an invasion by the USA and South Korea. He would be relying on his northern neighbors to enter the conflict in order to sustain his borders. If one takes that a step further, it begins to explain China's "military islands" in recent years.
But, the military islands are another issue. Un seems threatened by the USA military war games enough to stand his ground on nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and scuttle any talks going forward. It isn't worth it. If North Korean's Kim Jung Un is willing to denuclearize if the USA ends it's war games, it is a small price to pay.
Look, Trump is talking to one of the members of Axis of Evil and the world knows what went on with Iraq. Why would Kim Jong Un believe North Korea would not become an Iraq? The USA gives him no reason to denuclearize. It is time that ends and there is hope for a real peace on the Korean Peninsula.
To validate this point of view, is the Russia war games with North Korea to reassure it's leader Russia is sincere about defending North Korea from invasion in any way possible, including preventing an Iraq style invasion.
The USA has relations with China and Russia in many more ways that validate the "promise of no harm" during war games played out around the world. When Russia or China launch a space vehicle or rockets with satellites or supplies to the International Space Station, it validates an understanding of "no interference" because of prior notification. There are "Honor Flights" over the USA by Russia as a reassurance of "no harm." None of those relationships exist with North Korea. Why? Because it is not a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council with veto powers.
The five permanent nuclear members of the United Nations Security Council have different relationships with each other than other countries with or without nuclear military capacity.
I think Kim Jong Un's request to end military war games with South Korea is a "Good Will" gesture by the USA and it has a very valid basis. Unfortunately, the fearmongers in the USA have a great deal of agita when their military is somehow cut off from being the world's police. Oh, well. I guess that will fuel some politics in their favor, but, it won't bring peace to the world.
Maybe to give the warmongers a feeling of security, Donald Trump can hand out security blankets with the words "Making America Great Again" on them.
June 13, 2018
US President Donald Trump (click here) made a stunning concession to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday about halting military exercises, pulling a surprise at a summit that baffled allies, military officials and lawmakers from his own Republican Party.
At a news conference after the historic meeting with Kim in Singapore, Trump announced he would halt what he called “very provocative” and expensive regular military exercises that the United States stages with South Korea.
That was sure to rattle close allies South Korea and Japan. North Korea has long sought an end to the war games.
Trump and Kim promised in a joint statement to work toward the “denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula, and the United States promised its Cold War foe security guarantees. But they offered few specifics....
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
The Trump Administration is again playing favorites and deciding winners and losers, namely The Koch Brothers.
June 12, 2018
Washington – A federal judge has approved AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. He rejected the government’s argument that it would hurt competition in pay TV and cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars more to stream TV and movies.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon announced the decision Tuesday, bringing the biggest antitrust trial in years to an end.
The ruling blesses the $85 billion merger, one of the biggest media deals ever. It allows AT&T, a phone and pay-TV giant, to absorb the owner of CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio, “Game of Thrones,” coveted sports programming and other “must-see” shows.
The Department of Justice could decide to appeal the verdict. AT&T did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When ATT first wanted to merge with Time Warner, the Trump Administration filed an anti-trust lawsuit while the Koch Brothers attempted to present a package to Time Warner to secure it's ownership by the Kochs.
Live Streaming has become a far bigger slice of the telecommunications business than once was expected. I mean who wants to watch their favorite pictures and shows on an iPhone? Well, as it works out a lot of Americans like the idea of watching shows whenever and wherever they want.
November 17, 2017
By David Goldman
Time magazine (click here) is about to have new owners -- including the billionaire Koch brothers.
Media company Meredith (MDP) announced Sunday that it has agreed to buy the 95-year-old magazine's publisher, Time Inc., for $2.8 billion.
Acquiring the legendary magazine business gives Meredith control of dozens of other big titles such as People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Entertainment Weekly. Meredith already publishes several top magazines, including Parents, Shape and Better Homes & Gardens.
The two media companies are worth roughly the same on the stock market. To finance the deal, Iowa-based Meredith is taking on some serious debt, borrowing about $3.6 billion from an assortment of lenders....
Picking winners and losers? Definitely. Donald Trump has done nothing but ragged on and on about fake news and CNN. Why CNN? Tell me, knowing the Kochs are supposed to be the new owners of Time Warner, why would a USA sitting president rag on about CNN?
Because if Trump was successful, the value of CNN would drop and the KOCH BROTHERS would have more cash to hand out to political cronies. THAT IS WHY DONALD TRUMP rags on about CNN. That is the only reason why.
Washington – A federal judge has approved AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. He rejected the government’s argument that it would hurt competition in pay TV and cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars more to stream TV and movies.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon announced the decision Tuesday, bringing the biggest antitrust trial in years to an end.
The ruling blesses the $85 billion merger, one of the biggest media deals ever. It allows AT&T, a phone and pay-TV giant, to absorb the owner of CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio, “Game of Thrones,” coveted sports programming and other “must-see” shows.
The Department of Justice could decide to appeal the verdict. AT&T did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When ATT first wanted to merge with Time Warner, the Trump Administration filed an anti-trust lawsuit while the Koch Brothers attempted to present a package to Time Warner to secure it's ownership by the Kochs.
Live Streaming has become a far bigger slice of the telecommunications business than once was expected. I mean who wants to watch their favorite pictures and shows on an iPhone? Well, as it works out a lot of Americans like the idea of watching shows whenever and wherever they want.
November 17, 2017
By David Goldman
Time magazine (click here) is about to have new owners -- including the billionaire Koch brothers.
Media company Meredith (MDP) announced Sunday that it has agreed to buy the 95-year-old magazine's publisher, Time Inc., for $2.8 billion.
Acquiring the legendary magazine business gives Meredith control of dozens of other big titles such as People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Entertainment Weekly. Meredith already publishes several top magazines, including Parents, Shape and Better Homes & Gardens.
The two media companies are worth roughly the same on the stock market. To finance the deal, Iowa-based Meredith is taking on some serious debt, borrowing about $3.6 billion from an assortment of lenders....
Picking winners and losers? Definitely. Donald Trump has done nothing but ragged on and on about fake news and CNN. Why CNN? Tell me, knowing the Kochs are supposed to be the new owners of Time Warner, why would a USA sitting president rag on about CNN?
Because if Trump was successful, the value of CNN would drop and the KOCH BROTHERS would have more cash to hand out to political cronies. THAT IS WHY DONALD TRUMP rags on about CNN. That is the only reason why.
Before al Qaeda, this is what Pakistan and the region was known for.
The great mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran were once a great place for those that loved the land and nature. These mountains attracted many people in activities that had nothing to do with terrorism or war. Three Americans were arrested by Iran when they wandered into Iran in error while hiking. That has been the stark reality of these lands and it is a travesty to the beauty that lies there.
A few years ago, there were films coming out of the region that was action adventure with a hint of romance thrown in to begin again civilization and not war.
Bollywood is another success story that has even provided actors and actresses to The West, too. These are all important shifts in social paradigms that secure civilization and end the "madman era."
June 1, 2018
Tajikistan (click here) wants to sign an agreement with Pakistan on bilateral cooperation in tourism with incentives for tourists and companies to give a big push to the sector.
Speaking at a seminar on “Tajikistan – The Land of Opportunities for Tourism Industry of Pakistan”, Tajikistan Ambassador Sherali Jononov said the two countries were exploring opportunities for cooperation in energy, education, culture and defence sectors. But tourism was a missing subject that should be explored.
“Tourism is a big industry in the world and some countries in the European Union, Asia and the Gulf are depending on it,” he pointed out, adding the industry contributed to the gross domestic product of some countries and generated revenue for the federal budget....
Tourism definitely has a place in a country's GDP. In this case, for all the efforts of countires in this region to achieve normalcy, there are those that still want to take it from them.
June 12, 2018
An overnight ambush, kills the governor of Kohistan district in Faryab along with eight others.
Taliban fighters (click here) killed a governor and took control of his district in northern Afghanistan as clashes broke out across the country, officials said on Tuesday, accusing the militants of defying the start of a government ceasefire with them.
There was intense fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban gunmen in the northern provinces of Faryab and Sari Pul, with officials reporting an unspecified number of casualties on both sides.
The governor of Kohistan district in Faryab was killed along with eight others in an ambush overnight, provincial governor spokesperson Jawed Bidar, blaming the Taliban....
To be clear, there has been an international focus in this region of the world for some time, including what was known as the Durand Line which established a trading area with Europe.
To the left is a "summit climb map" of which China's border is noted on the left of the border and Pakistan on the right. It is this reference of the past of which leaders are trying to return. The concept is a return to normalization. With such efforts, there will be less instability, death, war, and danger to the world.
Realize, al Qaeda established itself in Afghanistan after the government dissolved. Osama bin Laden brought wealth and turned Afghanistan into a training ground to launch international attacks.
While these efforts seem minuscule efforts to the problems these countries have faced in the past two decades; they are not. These efforts are important and need to return function, safety, purpose and the wonder by the world of such extreme environments and their inhabitants, including nature and animals that survive there.
...Jononov said the question “is how we can strengthen people-to-people contact with Pakistan that is the hub of tourists between south and central Asian states.”
Tajikistan would host a meeting of the working group on tourism in July in Dushanbe where leading tourist companies of Pakistan would be present to find ways to promote bilateral relations.
“Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority was approached by Tajik Air to resume direct flights between the two countries, but no response has been received yet,” he disclosed.
The big stories in Pakistan right now concentrate on the upcoming elections and the topic of women, their safety and their happiness. The elections are a huge distraction in Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion, Tajikistan’s Committee on Tourism Development Deputy Chairman Shirin Amonzoda said Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon had declared 2018 as the year of tourism development....
A few years ago, there were films coming out of the region that was action adventure with a hint of romance thrown in to begin again civilization and not war.
Bollywood is another success story that has even provided actors and actresses to The West, too. These are all important shifts in social paradigms that secure civilization and end the "madman era."
June 1, 2018Tajikistan (click here) wants to sign an agreement with Pakistan on bilateral cooperation in tourism with incentives for tourists and companies to give a big push to the sector.
Speaking at a seminar on “Tajikistan – The Land of Opportunities for Tourism Industry of Pakistan”, Tajikistan Ambassador Sherali Jononov said the two countries were exploring opportunities for cooperation in energy, education, culture and defence sectors. But tourism was a missing subject that should be explored.
“Tourism is a big industry in the world and some countries in the European Union, Asia and the Gulf are depending on it,” he pointed out, adding the industry contributed to the gross domestic product of some countries and generated revenue for the federal budget....
Tourism definitely has a place in a country's GDP. In this case, for all the efforts of countires in this region to achieve normalcy, there are those that still want to take it from them.
June 12, 2018
An overnight ambush, kills the governor of Kohistan district in Faryab along with eight others.
Taliban fighters (click here) killed a governor and took control of his district in northern Afghanistan as clashes broke out across the country, officials said on Tuesday, accusing the militants of defying the start of a government ceasefire with them.
There was intense fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban gunmen in the northern provinces of Faryab and Sari Pul, with officials reporting an unspecified number of casualties on both sides.
The governor of Kohistan district in Faryab was killed along with eight others in an ambush overnight, provincial governor spokesperson Jawed Bidar, blaming the Taliban....
To the left is a "summit climb map" of which China's border is noted on the left of the border and Pakistan on the right. It is this reference of the past of which leaders are trying to return. The concept is a return to normalization. With such efforts, there will be less instability, death, war, and danger to the world.
Realize, al Qaeda established itself in Afghanistan after the government dissolved. Osama bin Laden brought wealth and turned Afghanistan into a training ground to launch international attacks.
While these efforts seem minuscule efforts to the problems these countries have faced in the past two decades; they are not. These efforts are important and need to return function, safety, purpose and the wonder by the world of such extreme environments and their inhabitants, including nature and animals that survive there.
...Jononov said the question “is how we can strengthen people-to-people contact with Pakistan that is the hub of tourists between south and central Asian states.”
Tajikistan would host a meeting of the working group on tourism in July in Dushanbe where leading tourist companies of Pakistan would be present to find ways to promote bilateral relations.
“Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority was approached by Tajik Air to resume direct flights between the two countries, but no response has been received yet,” he disclosed.
The big stories in Pakistan right now concentrate on the upcoming elections and the topic of women, their safety and their happiness. The elections are a huge distraction in Pakistan.
Speaking on the occasion, Tajikistan’s Committee on Tourism Development Deputy Chairman Shirin Amonzoda said Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon had declared 2018 as the year of tourism development....
The USA middle east policy needs to achieve stabilization and security, not further instability and tragedy.
Netanyahu's warmongering should be his political demise, not his political rise. He is an extremist and human rights abuser.
Netanyahu states Iran lies. Does he actually think the world will follow him like sheep? Has Mr. Netanyahu ever lied? He needs to stop killing Palestinians.
June 18, 2018 edition
By Adam Entous
...Netanyahu (click here) believed that Barack Obama had “no special feeling” for the Jewish state, as one of his aides once put it, and he resented Obama’s argument that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians was a violation of basic human rights and an obstacle to security, not least for Israel itself. He also believed that Obama’s attempt to foster a kind of balance of power between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East was naïve, and that it underestimated the depth of Iran’s malign intentions throughout the region.
Obama was hardly anti-Israel. His Administration had provided the country with immense military and intelligence support. He had also protected Netanyahu in the United Nations Security Council, when, in 2011, he issued his only veto, blocking a resolution condemning Jewish settlement building. And Obama opposed efforts by the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court, after Netanyahu shouted over the telephone to the President’s advisers that “this is a nuclear warhead aimed at my crotch!” (Netanyahu’s office disputes the American account of the call.)...
Netanyahu states Iran lies. Does he actually think the world will follow him like sheep? Has Mr. Netanyahu ever lied? He needs to stop killing Palestinians.
June 18, 2018 edition
By Adam Entous
...Netanyahu (click here) believed that Barack Obama had “no special feeling” for the Jewish state, as one of his aides once put it, and he resented Obama’s argument that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians was a violation of basic human rights and an obstacle to security, not least for Israel itself. He also believed that Obama’s attempt to foster a kind of balance of power between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East was naïve, and that it underestimated the depth of Iran’s malign intentions throughout the region.
Obama was hardly anti-Israel. His Administration had provided the country with immense military and intelligence support. He had also protected Netanyahu in the United Nations Security Council, when, in 2011, he issued his only veto, blocking a resolution condemning Jewish settlement building. And Obama opposed efforts by the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court, after Netanyahu shouted over the telephone to the President’s advisers that “this is a nuclear warhead aimed at my crotch!” (Netanyahu’s office disputes the American account of the call.)...
I personally don't give a damn about his crotch or political expansionism. I want peace in the Middle East and now. The Trump Peace Plan is poorly named, it is the Trump Plan of Aggression shaped in propaganda satisfying to Kushner.
The USA ideologies need to be defeated and a true path to peace found. There will be no more expansionism by Israel.
The USA has the best fighting force in the world. There is no reason for any American to feel threatened by the world. Following the defeat of Daesh the world has never known such a common fear or such a common cause. I would hope a peace among nations would follow the end of a brutal regime. I would expect every opportunity for peace be pursued to ensure such hatred and danger never exist again on Earth.
June 12, 2018
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa (click here) on Tuesday discussed the implementation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan action plan for peace in a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Tolo News reported.
According to Ghani’s deputy spokesperson Shahussain Murtazawi, discussions pertaining to the fight against terrorism and Afghan-owned peace process also took place.
Earlier today, COAS General Bajwa left for Kabul to hold talks with Afghan President Ghani.
ISPR Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said that General Bajwa left for Afghanistan at the invitation of Afghan President Ghani....
The USA ideologies need to be defeated and a true path to peace found. There will be no more expansionism by Israel.
The USA has the best fighting force in the world. There is no reason for any American to feel threatened by the world. Following the defeat of Daesh the world has never known such a common fear or such a common cause. I would hope a peace among nations would follow the end of a brutal regime. I would expect every opportunity for peace be pursued to ensure such hatred and danger never exist again on Earth.
June 12, 2018
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa (click here) on Tuesday discussed the implementation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan action plan for peace in a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Tolo News reported.
According to Ghani’s deputy spokesperson Shahussain Murtazawi, discussions pertaining to the fight against terrorism and Afghan-owned peace process also took place.
Earlier today, COAS General Bajwa left for Kabul to hold talks with Afghan President Ghani.
ISPR Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said that General Bajwa left for Afghanistan at the invitation of Afghan President Ghani....
The USA has a long history of creating war where it didn't exist before, including the Gulf of Tokin (click here).
Enough.
The United States of America should always be lead by peacemakers, not warmongers.
Enough.
The United States of America should always be lead by peacemakers, not warmongers.
I want to congratulate President Moon Jae - in. He got the ball rolling and it is looking very good for the Korean Peninsula.
It took a perfect storm to bring about this movement forward to peace and denuclearization.
I have a smile from ear to ear this morning and it is because President Moon Jae-in was insightful enough and brave enough to lead. I congratulate all involved, it is a return to the NPT and I am grateful.
I am looking forward to a North Korea that is part of the world stage. In realizing how this young leader took in the sights of Singapore it gave me pause to be abhorred by isolation of an entire country. This meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump reaches beyond signatures on a paper, it is opening up the world to the North Korean people. This is a movement of people that will provide families with a place to be together and a world of people to be curious. North Korea is unknown to the world's population except for the myopic rhetoric of politics. That is no way to define an entire country of people.
I look forward to a verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peace in the region with a return to normal economic opportunities that would be offered any other country seeking peace. This is the beginning of the official end of the Korean War. There is much to be proud of for both Donald Trump and Kim Jong un. The USA is taking the right path this time and I hope reflection of the enormity of this accomplishment will cause reflection of the hideous politics existing with Iran.
Today is a historic day. Well done.
June 12, 2018
By Park Si-soo
The reds, the whites and the blues; can a path forward be more obvious? The single red star on the North Korean flag definitely looks lonely.
...1. The United States and the DPRK (click here) commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The Unite States and the DPRK will join the efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panumunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclerarization of the Korean Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified....
The decision to end the presence of the USA within South Korea and war games by the USA has been discussed already. Mr. Pompeo has met with generals in North Korea before the joint statement was drawn up. Where has everyone been?
May 30, 2018
Seoul - One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top officials (click here) arrived at Beijing airport on Wednesday on his way to the United States where he is expected to help lay the groundwork for on-again, off-again talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12.
Trump himself confirmed the news of Kim Yong Chol's trip to the US early Tuesday, tweeting: "We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more. Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you!"...
These issues are decided. This is not a new strategy at all. This is where the USA was once before. The USA miltiary ruined the last attempt to end the Korean War before, they won't do it this time.
End of discussion.
I have a smile from ear to ear this morning and it is because President Moon Jae-in was insightful enough and brave enough to lead. I congratulate all involved, it is a return to the NPT and I am grateful.
I am looking forward to a North Korea that is part of the world stage. In realizing how this young leader took in the sights of Singapore it gave me pause to be abhorred by isolation of an entire country. This meeting between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump reaches beyond signatures on a paper, it is opening up the world to the North Korean people. This is a movement of people that will provide families with a place to be together and a world of people to be curious. North Korea is unknown to the world's population except for the myopic rhetoric of politics. That is no way to define an entire country of people.
I look forward to a verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peace in the region with a return to normal economic opportunities that would be offered any other country seeking peace. This is the beginning of the official end of the Korean War. There is much to be proud of for both Donald Trump and Kim Jong un. The USA is taking the right path this time and I hope reflection of the enormity of this accomplishment will cause reflection of the hideous politics existing with Iran.
Today is a historic day. Well done.
By Park Si-soo
The reds, the whites and the blues; can a path forward be more obvious? The single red star on the North Korean flag definitely looks lonely.
...1. The United States and the DPRK (click here) commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The Unite States and the DPRK will join the efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panumunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclerarization of the Korean Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified....
The decision to end the presence of the USA within South Korea and war games by the USA has been discussed already. Mr. Pompeo has met with generals in North Korea before the joint statement was drawn up. Where has everyone been?
May 30, 2018
Seoul - One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top officials (click here) arrived at Beijing airport on Wednesday on his way to the United States where he is expected to help lay the groundwork for on-again, off-again talks between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12.
Trump himself confirmed the news of Kim Yong Chol's trip to the US early Tuesday, tweeting: "We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more. Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you!"...
These issues are decided. This is not a new strategy at all. This is where the USA was once before. The USA miltiary ruined the last attempt to end the Korean War before, they won't do it this time.
End of discussion.
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