In 2012, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Open Source Center published a manual for U.S. officials advising them on how to shape Okinawan public opinion about the large U.S. military presence on their island. Categorized For Official Use Only, the 60-page CIA report is titled A Master Narratives Approach to Understanding Base Politics in Okinawa. It was released under the U.S. … [Read more...] about CIA: How to shape Okinawan public opinion on the U.S. military presence (by Jon Mitchell)
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Unknown to most Americans, the US ‘totally destroyed’ North Korea once before
In its Korean War bombing campaign, the US ‘burned down every town in North Korea’ ...a “long, leisurely and merciless” US bombing campaign: well over half a million tons of bombs dropped, napalm and chemical weapons deployed, cities levelled [and] although the ferocity of the bombing was recognised as racist and unjustified elsewhere in the world," for many Americans it was … [Read more...] about Unknown to most Americans, the US ‘totally destroyed’ North Korea once before
Progressives in Korea now control both the National Assembly and municipal governments
On June 14, less than 24 hours after the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore, South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) won a landslide victory in local elections, winning 13 of 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial posts. It was a major boost for President Moon Jae-in and a reaffirmation of his country’s faith in him and his diplomacy with North Korea and the United … [Read more...] about Progressives in Korea now control both the National Assembly and municipal governments
Sorry Dems, The Peace Train has Left the Station
An overwhelming majority of South Koreans have expressed support for both the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration for Peace signed by Moon and Kim and for the Trump-Kim summit. This support was made clear in June 13 local elections, in which Moon’s Democratic Party crushed the opposition in record-setting fashion. Despite this deep and widespread support for peace and … [Read more...] about Sorry Dems, The Peace Train has Left the Station