U.S. Lowers Threshold For Going To War With North Korea

The US Strategy of Tension in Asia which we have been  recently commented on at Democracy and Class Struggle is escalating.

David will defeat Goliath if push comes to shove  - the above video inverts the truth. In particular Gordon Chang misrepresents the disputed islands issues with Japan and Philippines.

The US has encouraged confrontation with China rather than negotiation to facilitate a new Military presence in the Philippines and justify its unpopular presence in Japan.

It is US policy in Asia which is provocative and deliberately becoming more so.

Read about terror on China's borders and the Trans Pacific Partnership to see increased hostility of US in this region below.

Read the following for backgrounders on US Strategy of Tension.

See also: http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/contradictions-in-china-is-new.html

http://democracyandclassstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/everyone-but-china-agreement-prevents.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/terror-in-central-asia-how-nato.html

Jimmy Carter took a private plane to North Korea and averted War in the 1990's when Clinton was distracted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

The situation is now has dangerous has when Carter went to North Korea - but no peacemaker in sight.