I blogged this recently when North Korea was supposedly threatening to launch a nuclear strike. I concluded that US involvement in the conflict between North and South Korea may be a bit of a ruse which results in The US picking up a substantial portion of the South Korean defense budget. We haven’t heard much about North Korea lately (after I blogged on the matter in particular) and I have to wonder how much our own government uses the conflict between North and South Korea to keep our own population in line, in line with the fear of a nuclear attack, snapping us to attention with the threat of a nuclear strike from North Korea every couple of months or years it seems, or when the political climate calls for it (that’s the tricky one). Regardless, the cost to The US of maintaining the Demilitarized Zone is substantial. As you will see while reading the essay, I believe it is time we as a country re-evaluate our position in Korea while the South Koreans enjoy a rather substantial industrial and national revitalization and we can’t even afford to staff our schools here or fix our roads. And how quickly they put the threat of a nuclear war on the back burner when it serves their purposes no longer. And how willingly at our expense our mainstream media does their dirty bidding for them.

Tomorrow at the dedication of the George Bush Jr. library all of the living presidents will be there for the ceremony. I think it will be a fine time for George Bush Jr. to shake Bill Clinton’s hand and look him in the eye knowing that it was not George Bush Jr. that created the financial condition the country is currently in but it was the handiwork of Bill Clinton who signed NAFTA and gave China Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status, something he made permanent. And as Ross Perot said, it was going to create a “giant sucking sound” as jobs left the country if those two actions were taken. Since then the Democrats have been blaming George Bush Jr. for the condition of the country and the media has bought it like a cheap suit and consequently, so has the American public. Though the country has a substantial debt, a large portion of it due to the wars we have recently been in which can be attributed to George Bush Jr., the condition of the country’s industry has more to do with the fact that Bill Clinton signed NAFTA and gave China MFN, there can be no question. But the Dems have make a concerted and effective effort to make it appear that the condition of American industry is due to the debt and the two issues, the debt and the condition of industry are unrelated. So George Bush Jr. should look Bill Clinton in the eyes tomorrow knowing the real condition of American industry has nothing to do with the wars.

Since the recent domestic bombing incidents our focus was taken off of what some consider a serious concern, that of the conflict between North and South Korea and the US role there. Just two weeks ago we were ready to go to war with North Korea.
Without naming any particular countries, the theory explained here not only applies to the conflict between North and South Korea and our role there in defense of South Korea along the DMZ and vicinity, I believe the same theory is valid in other countries that we offer our defensive resources while they are relieved the incredible financial burden of defending themselves and instead are able to invigorate their industry and modernize their civil infrastructure while ours suffers.

I can’t believe there hasn’t been mainstream press inquiry into this, but i’m not sure cuz i was too lazy to check.

One of the biggest sources of inequity in our system is the loopholes and incentives that constitute corporate welfare. Oil companies, Big Pharma and industrialized agribusiness are profitable, yet they get huge tax breaks on top of that.