my ABC?
The ABC seems to have become a government mouthpiece.
To wit, tonight's Lateline programme hosted by Tony Jones. All of a sudden Tony Jones sees North Korea's announced nuclear test as a "threat".
I would have thought it was more a case of North Korea engaging in a desparate act of self-preservation in the face of unrelenting threats from America over many years. Let's face it, America (the world's most powerful nuclear power) only seriously bullies countries which don't have a nuclear weapons capability. So, Amerca's message is, "if you don't want to be bullied, get yourself some nuclear weapons capability".
So it's interesting that Tony Jones is presenting North Korea's announced nuclear weapons test as a "threat" instead of a desperate act of self-preservation by a struggling, threatened, and economically and politically beseiged state.
Piss off, Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To wit, tonight's Lateline programme hosted by Tony Jones. All of a sudden Tony Jones sees North Korea's announced nuclear test as a "threat".
I would have thought it was more a case of North Korea engaging in a desparate act of self-preservation in the face of unrelenting threats from America over many years. Let's face it, America (the world's most powerful nuclear power) only seriously bullies countries which don't have a nuclear weapons capability. So, Amerca's message is, "if you don't want to be bullied, get yourself some nuclear weapons capability".
So it's interesting that Tony Jones is presenting North Korea's announced nuclear weapons test as a "threat" instead of a desperate act of self-preservation by a struggling, threatened, and economically and politically beseiged state.
Piss off, Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by The Editor at
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8 Comments:
I agree with you about America but the Nth Korean government comes across as a mob of nutters prepared to let their own people starve in order to spend squillions on a nuclear weapon. I think the same about Pakistan and India spending much needed money on nuclear weapons when their people are dying of AIDS because of lack of medicines. I won't even talk about India wanting to go into space.
and I agree with you about the ABC.
JahTeh, I think North Korea has been driven paranoid (and close to broke) by the eternal threats, boycotts and sanctions America has brought to bear upon it. America can't abide any regime that doesn't let its corporations have free rein in their country. It's no wonder then that such regimes feel threatened by what they perceive as a bully of humungous proportions, and therefore try to get a nuclear weapons capability as a deterrent against the Americans.
America, in it's mad attempt at global domination, pretty much well spawns dictators who want their countries to be free from the Yankee yoke. These days the only way to sidestep the imperialist capitialism of a globalisation controlled by America, is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it, and that tends to lead to either socialism or communism as the preferred economic models.
America likes to keep pointing out that these regimes don't create a lot of wealth, but it doesn't want to own up to the huge hardships it (America) imposes on these regimes to prevent them from becoming successful. I mean, let's face it, if communism or socialism was actually allowed (by Amerrica) to work in these countries, more countries might want to adopt similar schemes.
Not surprising then that socialist Iraq (with a very well-off and large middle class (and a pretty good infrastructure), was bombed out of existence. They don't like Syria for the same reason. Iran is also a state has pretty much well shut out the MegaCorps, so it has to go as well, especially because it has lots of oil. "Don't let them prosper" is the US edict towards any country that doesn't let its corporate marauders have an unfettered run.
And they're all being demonised by misinformation and disinformation so that we believe that it's good and just to bomb the shit out of them. And I'm sick of it. It's all crap.
Phil, yeah, the ABC's succumbed to the dork side of the farce.
Good to see this blog still has at least two readers.... ;-)
Know what you mean, Ron. I have trouble getting my fingers to type the right letters. I'm starting to think my fingers are dyslexic... I mean, it's got to be the fingers. right?
China's not too happy with Nth Korea either but I'd be interested to compare the sanctions and bullying of Nth Korea and Cuba. Cuba seems to have thumbed its nose at America and got on with life so what's the difference, apart from 'Gitmo'?
And now we're helping the f**cking Burmese repress their own 'people' (actually second class people) under the omnibus threat of 'terrorism'. F**k me, the only people that the Shans, Karens etc terrorise is the Burmese themselves. Then we've a bunch of them from the Bangladeshi border (I've forgotten the tribal name) locked up on Nauru! Who are they a threat to?
Face it, Ron, we're losing the plot. :-)
JahTeh, I'm not saying nuclear weapons are a "must", I'm just saying that, given that America won't mount military ooperations against countries with a nuclear arsenal, who can blame Korea, or any other country on America's "hit list", for trying to develop a nuclear arsenal?
Phil, Australia is phucked. It has no political direction other than the conservative/reactionary one. The LibLabs (or LabLibs if you like) will rule forever. Both of our major parties are in bed with America and globalisation and THAT's the REAL problem. We're phucked...
Of course. First tell a country it is part of "an axis of evil", as you invade a country which is notable for having no weapons of mass destruction. The logical implications are obvious to all but a dweeb.
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