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Here’s the link:

https://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/the-dmz-and-armistice-in-korea/

@jbnw I don’t think the concept of DMZ in Ukraine is particularly useful without an appropriate political context. I don’t think would in and of itself even work as a military matter. I have reservations on the treatment of Kherson, Odessa, and the southwestern corner of Ukraine as envisioned in the article. I don’t have the insight that others…[Read more]

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Ukraine Armistice – How the Ukraine Demilitarized Zone of 2023 Will Separate the Armies Like the Korean DMZ of 1953
Posted on November 29, 2022 by Yves Smith

Ukraine Armistice – How the Ukraine Demilitarized Zone of 2023 Will Separate the Armies Like the Korean DMZ of 1953

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it’s the rules based order, which can be arbitrarily waived at any time. The Madeleine Albright phrase did come to mind, “we think the price is worth it.”

I thought NATO rules stated that a country which has existing border disputes with neighboring states can’t be admitted. The alliance then is just buying into a potential war in which it has no current commitment.

Lately I defer commenting on this issue because I might get all worked up to no avail. But I’m all worked up already from insurance issues today, so I can say something fwiw.

I’ve assumed for some time, and I may be wrong, that one of the problems is that, if you have health insurance from your employer, you’re too busy working to keep it. (even…[Read more]

I only look when I have an interest in the subject.

The name could be a misnomer. I don’t know their platform, but one of their candidates won the mayoral race in one of Taiwan’s cities. It looked like the KMT lost the most voters in that three way race.

…was hoping that one or more of the people I follow on China news would comment on the election. Like Carl Zha who has had a number of good video discussions of Taiwan’s history on his program.

I noticed that the English language coverage was generally playing down the loss vis a vis the tension in Taiwan Straits narrative. However, Tsai…[Read more]

LOL. When you can’t argue substance argue process.

…to withdraw US forces from Vietnam. Recently, I lost my copy of his excellent history, JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power, these two reviews, (copyrighted) summarize his view. The second says: “…Newman’s research culminates in two crucial National Security Action Memos. In one, authored several weeks before…[Read more]

@closeupready It is consistent with Allen Dulles treatment of German nazis in the immediate post war period and other US actions. I could have made the point more clearly. I should have explicitly stated that Shinzo Abe was Kishi Nobusuke’s other grandchild and the darling of the US establishment. I just assume sometimes that this is common…[Read more]

With the former French ambassador, Katrina vanden Heuvel, David Kang, 1st panel. Kishore is on the second panel, with Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations & Cooperation of South Africa, and Celso Amorim, Senior Advisor to President-elect Lula da Silva.

I took a look at the video with the two panels linked at the OP video on youtube. I see that David Kang, an East Asian scholar, and Kishore Mabubani, the former diplomat from Singapore participated as well. I’ll probably listen to those discussions as well when I get the chance, I like Kang and Kishore. It’s so refreshing to hear alternative views.