Foreign Policy Establishment Fights Against "Commander-in-Chief"

Two things are apparent relating the Russian hysteria ploy here in the US to the ongoing hysteria over the North Korean summit. In each case, Trump is undermining the establishment interests in the respective administrations of US Empire in Europe and Asia. Emphasizing the possibility of cooperation with Russia rather than conflict, is the equivalent of declaring an end to the Korean conflict. In the one case, the raison d'etre of NATO is threatened, along with all the US military bases in Europe and on Russia's border, the military contracts associated with the pre-positioned arms depots, arms sales agreements with our allies, and outfitting of US forces in Europe, and necessarily, the associated military commands.

The second case is that a declaration of the end of the Korean conflict, removes the overt justification for our alliances with South Korea and Japan. This is another Empire in its own right, established after WWII, comparable to NATO if not as big. US military commands comprised of approximately 80,000 troops, scores of military bases, task forces, and so on are permanently established in those two states. These institutions and the personnel and corporations who thrive on their operations are threatened. Predictably, the Pentagon, and the entire national security complex is in fear. The politicians who derive their campaign funds from the corporate contractor side of the largest defense and national security budget in the history of the world are frightened they will lose their regional cash cows. So what is the implication of this threat to the powers that be? Trump has to go. He for whatever his faults, inadequacies, and foibles are, is making the same mistake that John F. Kennedy made- he thinks he's the commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces, and the formulator of US foreign policy.

The most recent South Korean news reports, July 14, 15 and 16, confirm my analysis of the Pompeo- Kim Yong Chol meeting in Pyongyang. Namely, the US would not accept a proposal for announcement of an end of the Korean conflict. Ostensibly, not until there are substantial steps taken to denuclearize by North Korea. A Japanese news report, today, said that Pompeo confronted Kim Yong Chol, with the reports about the suspected uranium enrichment facilty in Chollima, which he denied, and construction at the Hamhung missile plant, which the Vice Chairman characterized as storm preparation.

Ironically, the latest Newsweek article on North Korea characterizes the relationship between the US and North Korea as a thaw in relations, and refrains from the usual polemics. In addition, rather than referring to the negotiations as being an unsuccessful attempt at denuclearization it characterizes the negotiations as being about "peace."

The article's nominal subject was the North Korean announcement of the prospective release of "criminals against the country," guilty of unspecified crimes against the North Korean regime to celebrate the "nation's" 70th anniversary. The prospective amnesty is consistent with the July 13 No Dong Sin Moon (Workers Daily) statement calling for the clearing away derisive anachronistic ploys focused on human rights from the opposing governing officials critical of North Korea.

https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-will-release-prisoners-convicted-crimes-against-country-people-1026337