National-Security Statism And North Koreas Nukes By Jacob G. Hornberger!!!
(2019-03-01 at 16:13:59 )

National-Security Statism and North Koreas Nukes by Jacob G. Hornberger

The Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency and their policy of foreign interventionism are the root cause of the nuclear crisis with North Korea.

Keep in mind that we are talking about one country, Korea, which was artificially divided into two halves, North Korea and South Korea.

Therefore, the war that ultimately broke out between North Korea and South Korea was actually nothing more than a civil war, one in which the North was trying to reunite the country under communist rule and in which the South was trying to retain its independence.

That civil war never any of the United States governments business.

But also keep in mind that by the time the Korean War broke out, the federal government had been converted from a limited-government republic to what is called a national-security state, a type of governmental structure that is inherent to totalitarian regimes. It consists of an enormous and permanent military-intelligence establishment.

The reason that United States officials gave for converting the federal government to a national-security state was that there was supposedly a worldwide communist conspiracy supposedly based in Moscow, Russia, that was supposedly hell-bent on conquering the United States and the rest of the world.

To prevent America from going Red, United States officials said, it was necessary for the federal government to acquire the same governmental structure as the Reds.

That is how the United States of America ended up with the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency, the same type of governmental structure in the Soviet Union.

Once the United States national-security state came into existence, Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials maintained that it was also necessary for the United States government (1) to adopt many of the dark-side policies of the communists and (2) to adopt an activist policy of foreign interventionism entailing the use of such dark-side policies.

That is how the United States of America ended up with coups, assassinations, torture, secret surveillance, sanctions, embargoes, regime-change operations, installation and support of brutal dictators, destruction of democratic regimes, and partnerships with corrupt pro-United States dictators and criminal organizations.

It is also how the United States government ended up waging a Cold War against its World War II partner and ally (and Hitlers enemy), the Soviet Union, and several hot wars, including against North Korea and, later, North Vietnam.

Thus, when North Korea invaded South Korea, the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency never viewed the conflict as a civil war. Instead, they were convinced that the invasion was an overt act in the supposed worldwide communist conspiracy that was supposedly based in Moscow and coming to get us.

That was when President Truman, who was principally responsible for the rise of the United States national-security state, sent in United States troops to oppose the North Korean invasion.

But there is a critically important factor to consider: Not only was the conflict none of the United States governments business, the United States intervention into the Korean conflict was illegal under our form of government.

The United States Constitution is the document that the American people used to call the federal government into existence. It is also the higher law that the people use to control the actions of federal officials.

The Constitution requires a congressional declaration of war as a prerequisite to waging war. That is the way the Framers and our American ancestors wanted it. They did not want the president or the army making that decision.

But in the Korean War, the president, the Pentagon, and the Central Intelligence Agency did make that decision.

The intervention was illegal from the get-go.

It was during that illegal intervention that United States officials. made it clear that they were hell-bent not only on killing as many North Korean Reds as possible, especially through massive carpet-bombing of the country, but also on achieving regime change, i.e., the ouster of the communist regime in North Korea and its replacement by a pro-United States regime.

When the war got suspended, United States troops did not come home. They were kept in South Korea (1) to serve as a tripwire that would guarantee United States embroilment if the war ever broke out, and (2) to serve as regime-changers should the opportunity arise.

Even when the Cold War ended in 1989, the troops remained. They are still there to to this day. But keep in mind that their presence in South Korea has always been based on the original illegality.

To this day, Congress has never declared war on North Korea.

If the United States government had never committed that illegal act in the first place - that is, if it had not intervened in the Korean War, it is a virtual certainty that North Korea would never have acquired nuclear weapons.

That is because the only reason it acquired nukes in the first place was to deter a United States regime-change operation against North Korea, especially one involving a United States invasion of the country.

Since a nuking of South Korea would obviously interfere with a reunification of the country and even might radiate much of North Korea, North Korea would have had no incentive to acquire nuclear weapons but for the United States governments illegal intervention and presence in South Korea.

North Koreas acquisition of nuclear weapons is just another example of the long-term perverse consequences of national-security statism and its policy of foreign interventionism and what they have done to our nation and the world.

Printed here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Great Website!!

The Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency and their policy of foreign interventionism are the root cause of the nuclear crisis with North Korea.

Keep in mind that we are talking about one country, Korea, which was artificially divided into two halves, North Korea and South Korea.

Therefore, the war that ultimately broke out between North Korea and South Korea was actually nothing more than a civil war, one in which the North was trying to reunite the country under communist rule and in which the South was trying to retain its independence.

That civil war never any of the United States governments business.

But also keep in mind that by the time the Korean War broke out, the federal government had been converted from a limited-government republic to what is called a national-security state, a type of governmental structure that is inherent to totalitarian regimes. It consists of an enormous and permanent military-intelligence establishment.

The reason that United States officials gave for converting the federal government to a national-security state was that there was supposedly a worldwide communist conspiracy supposedly based in Moscow, Russia, that was supposedly hell-bent on conquering the United States and the rest of the world.

To prevent America from going Red, United States officials said, it was necessary for the federal government to acquire the same governmental structure as the Reds.

That is how the United States of America ended up with the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency, the same type of governmental structure in the Soviet Union.

Once the United States national-security state came into existence, Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency officials maintained that it was also necessary for the United States government (1) to adopt many of the dark-side policies of the communists and (2) to adopt an activist policy of foreign interventionism entailing the use of such dark-side policies.

That is how the United States of America ended up with coups, assassinations, torture, secret surveillance, sanctions, embargoes, regime-change operations, installation and support of brutal dictators, destruction of democratic regimes, and partnerships with corrupt pro-United States dictators and criminal organizations.

It is also how the United States government ended up waging a Cold War against its World War II partner and ally (and Hitlers enemy), the Soviet Union, and several hot wars, including against North Korea and, later, North Vietnam.

Thus, when North Korea invaded South Korea, the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency never viewed the conflict as a civil war. Instead, they were convinced that the invasion was an overt act in the supposed worldwide communist conspiracy that was supposedly based in Moscow and coming to get us.

That was when President Truman, who was principally responsible for the rise of the United States national-security state, sent in United States troops to oppose the North Korean invasion.

But there is a critically important factor to consider: Not only was the conflict none of the United States governments business, the United States intervention into the Korean conflict was illegal under our form of government.

The United States Constitution is the document that the American people used to call the federal government into existence. It is also the higher law that the people use to control the actions of federal officials.

The Constitution requires a congressional declaration of war as a prerequisite to waging war. That is the way the Framers and our American ancestors wanted it. They did not want the president or the army making that decision.

But in the Korean War, the president, the Pentagon, and the Central Intelligence Agency did make that decision.

The intervention was illegal from the get-go.

It was during that illegal intervention that United States officials. made it clear that they were hell-bent not only on killing as many North Korean Reds as possible, especially through massive carpet-bombing of the country, but also on achieving regime change, i.e., the ouster of the communist regime in North Korea and its replacement by a pro-United States regime.

When the war got suspended, United States troops did not come home. They were kept in South Korea (1) to serve as a tripwire that would guarantee United States embroilment if the war ever broke out, and (2) to serve as regime-changers should the opportunity arise.

Even when the Cold War ended in 1989, the troops remained. They are still there to to this day. But keep in mind that their presence in South Korea has always been based on the original illegality.

To this day, Congress has never declared war on North Korea.

If the United States government had never committed that illegal act in the first place - that is, if it had not intervened in the Korean War, it is a virtual certainty that North Korea would never have acquired nuclear weapons.

That is because the only reason it acquired nukes in the first place was to deter a United States regime-change operation against North Korea, especially one involving a United States invasion of the country.

Since a nuking of South Korea would obviously interfere with a reunification of the country and even might radiate much of North Korea, North Korea would have had no incentive to acquire nuclear weapons but for the United States governments illegal intervention and presence in South Korea.

North Koreas acquisition of nuclear weapons is just another example of the long-term perverse consequences of national-security statism and its policy of foreign interventionism and what they have done to our nation and the world.

Printed here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Great Website!!