The U.S. and China: Why the Sudden Convergence on North Korea?

chinaCharles Hugh Smith – In the past, China resisted U.S. saber-rattling against North Korea. Now China is threatening North Korea with military action. What’s going on? Why the sudden convergence of U.S.-China threats of military force against North Korea?

China Threatens To Bomb North Korea’s Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing’s “Bottom Line”.

China also noted that “nuclear weapons is DPRK’s trump card for its defiance of China and the United States. Once this card is lost, it will become obedient immediately.”

The author then speculated rhetorically that if North Korea’s “nuclear facilities are destroyed, they will not even fight back, but probably block the news to fool its domestic people. The DPRK will freak out if its nuclear facilities are destroyed.” And yes, a Chinese author said “freak out.”

The report also said that “the DPRK must not fall into the turmoil to send a large number of refugees, it is not allowed to have a government that is hostile against China on the other side of the Yalu River, and the US military must not push forward its forces to the Yalu River.”

For context, here is a satellite photo of the Korean peninsula: note the black hole devoid of lighting. That’s North Korea.

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The difference between North Korea and South Korea is mostly political. Stalinist North Korea has starved its people for decades to support a vast war machine, and kept them ignorant of the broader world. This is slowly changing as smugglers do a brisk and highly dangerous business in banned DVDs and other digital media:

How media smuggling took hold in North Korea (PBS)

Can Smuggled TV Shows Change North Korea? (NY Times)

South Korea’s economy is larger (by some measures) than the economies of nations such as Spain, Australia, Mexico and Russia. South Korea is not just a formidable economic power; it fields a powerful military and has global “soft power” via its media and investment reach. It also has substantial trade with China. Continue reading

Iran & North Korea Missile Tests, Trump Trashed by MSM, Fed Economic Fraud

Korea Greg Hunter – Iran is back in the news for testing ballistic missiles with the words “Israel should be wiped off the Earth.” It is widely reported that Iran has test fired two ballistic missiles.  Iran says it was a show of “deterrent power,” and that it is “defensive.”  Iran says this does not violate the recent nuclear deal.  Might I continue to point out that nobody signed any “deal.”  Others say it totally violates a U.N. resolution that says Iran should not be carrying out ballistic missile tests, but there is no real ban on missile launches.  Nice “deal” John Kerry!

Meanwhile, North Korea is doing some saber rattling of its own. This week, their leader Kim Jung-Un announced it has miniaturized nuclear warheads.  North Korea has also been test firing its own missiles and making threats against the U.S. and South Korea.  There are new sanctions on the North because of the increased tensions and rhetoric.  In response, North Korea has reportedly threatened to “liquidate” South Korea assets.  Behind the scenes, some politicians of South Korea are suggesting openly to change their laws and get nuclear weapons.

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It appears that Donald Trump is being attacked from all sides. The MSM is openly comparing him to Hitler.  Outrageous, when you consider that Hitler was responsible for the death of tens of millions of people in WWII.  Just the Jews and the Russians killed at the hand of Hitler are nearly 30 million people.  Trump’s own party is spending money to try to defeat him.  Have you ever seen this in your life?  I haven’t.  The MSM continues to lie by omission.  One example, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos asking Hillary Clinton in this past week’s Democratic debate, “If you are indicted, will you drop out?” Clinton responded, “It’s not going to happen.  I am not answering that question.”   That little exchange was not covered many places, and it was the big moment of the night, especially knowing one of her staff members just received immunity from the Justice Department.

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Getting Smart About Your Choices: Third Uranus/Pluto Square—May 20, 2013.

HandClow May 22 2012

GeminiDuring the first two Uranus/Pluto squares many people woke up, actually intensely feeling their real connections to others. This is the awakening of the human heart. Of course, with so many people lighting up, chaos is rampant in the world. Sometimes I wonder if we are right in the middle of the Second Coming! One by one, people sense that the fabled return is not Jesus coming again: the Second Coming is about awakening love in our hearts. I actually think this is what’s going on. No wonder everything is so intense.

Pluto turned retrograde April 12th, so the third square is quickly closing in now. At this point, many people realize that our species is in extreme crisis. If we want to survive, we have to balance human needs with planetary resources, only the very first step back into balance. Also, each person must remember what it feels like to be a sensitive and happy human. This is feasible because so many are integrating the negative side—befriending the dark. This involves seeing things that have always gone on in our world instead of just being nice. Some are responding very courageously to this polarity expansion, while others drop out because they just don’t want to see ugly side of life. I understand; I take a total break from it at least once a week.

The covers for evil acts—such as rampant sexual abuse of children, governments orchestrating mass trauma events like 9/11, and bankers fleecing the public—have been stripped off! The only difference between now and the past is that a majority knows what’s going on, for example publicizing that women get raped in India. They always have been! The condition of our sacred world is depressing, overwhelming, and sometimes seems hopeless, but it is changing. When enough people face cold hard reality, it changes. And, this is it!

If you will recall my reading for the previous Uranus/Pluto square on September 19, 2012, I suggested that we all need to make some very clear intentions because our reality—3D—is governed by quantum principles, such as Entanglement. We are all tangled up together amidst

constantly changing probable outcomes, so the changes in the collective are horrendous, yet magnificent! Since everybody has free will, some choose to kill people, such as little children in a New England school or shooting Malala Yusafzai on a bus in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the majority is now realizing the murderers are those who get power and profit from weapons. Soon after the second Saturn/Pluto square, violent acts against Western powers that occupy far distant countries became a dominant theme. The Libyan US Ambassador was murdered in the Benghazi Embassy; Afghan and Pakistani soldiers and policeman ambushed their American trainers; and a second Korean war may be in the making. As we come to the end zone of the second square, North Korea is screaming at the US over its 60-year occupation of South Korea. If this does not happen, then the US will end its expensive commitment to South Korea. Regardless of all that, many beautiful intentions were carried out by each one of you. In the quantum, the dark shares equally with the light so with so many people opening their hearts, ugly truths seep out like sewage in the basement.

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