President Donald Trump's bombastic foreign policy rhetoric is, to some, a needed departure from the "conventional" approach followed by his predecessors. But as Fareed Zakaria counters in his March 29 article in The Washington Post, the integrity of the United States is being diminished by Trump's shoot-from-the-hip style. "American presidents...
Who Exactly is John Bolton? And What Does He Want?
President Donald Trump’s announcement March 22 that John Bolton would become the new national security adviser took the policy world – and Bolton – by surprise. Bolton’s hawkish views are well known. During his run as a Fox News commentator, he advocated for preemptively bombing North Korea and at other...
Trump and North Korea Shock the World. What's Next?
SEOUL — President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shocked Americans and Koreans alike with their agreement to meet at a summit and go over the whole issue of denuclearization of North Korea, confrontation between North Korea and the United States, and North-South confrontation. The questions now are,...
Video Reveals Horrific Effects of Syrian Gas Attack on Civilians
The New York Times reports today (Feb. 27) that the Syrian government's use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in its long-running civil war may have been aided by North Korea. The Times story is based on an unpublished United Nations report prepared by a panel of eight experts from...
50 Years Ago, a U.S. Military Plane Crashed in Greenland – With 4 Nuclear Bombs on Board
Fifty years ago, on Jan. 21, 1968, the Cold War grew significantly colder. It was on this day that an American B-52G Stratofortress bomber, carrying four nuclear bombs, crashed onto the sea ice of Wolstenholme Fjord in the northwest corner of Greenland, one of the coldest places on Earth. Greenland...
Off With Kim Jong-un's Head? That's South Korea's Goal
By Donald Kirk InsideSources.com SEOUL — Kill the king and the regime will collapse. That’s the rationale offered by South Korean military planners for a “decapitation unit” they are forming for the sole purpose of getting rid of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. They are convinced that in the...
Off With Kim Jong-un's Head? That's South Korea's Goal
By Donald Kirk InsideSources.com SEOUL — Kill the king and the regime will collapse. That’s the rationale offered by South Korean military planners for a “decapitation unit” they are forming for the sole purpose of getting rid of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. They are convinced that in the...
Bombard North Korea Now. With Drone Delivered Leaflets
By Donald Kirk InsideSources.com SEOUL — Donald Trump’s notion of “fire and fury” for North Korea inspires cheers, fears and jeers. Is he threatening the biblical “fire and brimstone,” or does his rhetoric more closely resemble Shakespeare’s “tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying...
Bombard North Korea Now. With Drone Delivered Leaflets
By Donald Kirk InsideSources.com SEOUL — Donald Trump’s notion of “fire and fury” for North Korea inspires cheers, fears and jeers. Is he threatening the biblical “fire and brimstone,” or does his rhetoric more closely resemble Shakespeare’s “tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying...