Posted on 02/15/2003 1:19:18 PM PST by forest
[NOTE: While researching material for an article on how the Clinton Administration provided North Korea with food and goods -- which allowed North Korea to continue building its military forces -- I stumbled on this article I published on August 22, 1997 in issue #49. Everything in it is still applicable. So, here it is again.]
The national media is throwing a sob story at us again. It's the same one they tried last spring: North Korean children are starving, and somehow it's our fault.
It's not our fault, though. They have land. They know about farms and gardens. They have seeds. And if they used their money to build more tractors instead of military equipment, they would also have food.
The major media would have us believe that we should send them more food. We did send food. Most of it went to the military -- the very same military who are still pointing guns at the Americans stationed in South Korea.
Worse yet is what the American media fails to tell us. London's "Electronic Telegraph" reported this week that "North Korea is producing 15 tons of chemical weapons each day for use against South Korea, according to the latest analysis of its war arsenal."
The Telegraph said that: "It now has a stockpile of 1,000 tons, 70 tons of which could be used immediately in an attack on Seoul, leading to full-scale war, South Korea's Chiefs of Staff say in a report." Apparently they have eight chemical weapons factories with a combined capacity of producing up to 40 tons of chemical weapons a day.
North Korea has the long-range field pieces and missiles necessary to deliver the chemical weapons, too. They could lob them right over, on top of our American military personnel, with ease.
Yet, not one word about this by the American media. Instead, they show us pictures of emaciated children. Instead, they would have us send food to North Korea, so North Korea may better afford to spend even more money on weapons. All the better to kill the American military with, evidently. Because, in case anyone forgot, we're their enemy.
Starvation is a bad thing, to be sure. But so is war. We can do the humanitarian thing and feed them. But, we should demand something in return. Like all of their weapons.
Line up the barges full of food in the ocean. When they start passing out the guns, we can start passing in the food. Nothing short of that will act to protect our military forces and allies stationed in South Korea. And regardless of what the major media tries to imply, our American military people, and allies, must always be our country's first responsibility.
We sent Korea food. Most of it went to the military who are still pointing guns at the Americans stationed in South Korea.
Worse yet is what the American media fails to tell us. London's "Electronic Telegraph" reported this week that "North Korea is producing 15 tons of chemical weapons each day for use against South Korea ..." It's up to 1000 tons now (1997).
When they start passing out the guns, we can start passing in the food.
Whenever I think North Korea I think of Roger Clinton being invited to perform a "concert" for lots and lots of money. The words "bagman" and "cover-story" then pop into my mind...
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