I have to be brutally honest that I am no fan of police states or of dictators, whether in Russia, China, North Korea etc. but let’s at least be honest about what’s behind the news that President Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the man he has been calling “fat” and “Rocket Man.” It is shocking that the corporate media everywhere has been lavishing at times grudging praise on Trump, claiming that it was his “harsh sanctions” and threatening military moves around the Korean Peninsula, or threats to destroy that country that forced Kim to agree to talks.
From my own perspective, the reality is quite the opposite, though. While many pro-western praise poets may loath to admit it, the truth is that it has been Kim’s dogged persistence, in the face of US sanctions, boycotts and threats, in testing and developing both a credible nuclear arsenal of atomic and thermonuclear weapons, and in demonstrating that he has missiles that can reach US targets. With as many as 60 such deliverable weapons, according to some estimates by Dave Lindroff, North Korea has reached a point where the only way the US could hope to undo its accomplishment would be an all-out war against the North and its two-million-man army, its dug-in artillery, and even then the chances of doing this without North Korea launching at least some of its nukes would be slim.
