Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Korea: B2 bombers offering a path to peace?

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Friday, April 12, 2013

Korea: B2 bombers offering a path to peace?

Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from Al Jazeera.

Escobar repeats some information that I've posted recently on the military confrontation in the Korean peninsula, adds some more, and most importantly, adds his always penetrating analysis of what it all means.

His reference to The Korean War: A History v.1 & v.2 by Bruce Cumings shows me that he is well grounded in reliable information sources. For me, these two books--volume 1 is most important--shed more light on post-war US policies than any other single source I have ever encountered. Few Americans have any idea what actions the US policy makers pursued in this war that has been deliberately obscured by the US ruling class.