Business Insider: A New York Times columnist went to North Korea, and said he's never seen so much anti-American propaganda there
The threat of war between the United States and North Korea, exacerbated by intensifying rhetoric between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is palpable on the streets of Pyongyang.
That is the case according to Nicholas Kristof, a veteran New York Times columnist who recently visited North Korea's capital city after spending almost five years to get a visa.
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WNU Editor: Growing up in the former Soviet Union I saw this type of anti-American propaganda first hand .... especially when the U.S. deployed cruise and Pershing missiles in West Germany in the early 1980s. But in the case of North Korea the situation is different because North Korea is hurting. Sanctions, not being able to rely on China or Russia for political support, a U.S. President who is not going to back down, South Korea and Japan who are also not backing down and who have made it known that they would favor regime change in Pyongyang .... North Korea is now out of options, coupled with a growing realization that it could no longer intimidate and gain concessions from its neighbors. So the default situation for North Korea is to wrap-up the propaganda machine .... and wrapping it up is what they are doing.
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A Mongolian author wrote a book, where he enthused about the Mongolian ability to exact tribute from raiding or fear of raids.
It was a hard book to read and I do not have the book anymore. I wish it did. I think a flood got it. Maybe I threw it away, which would have been a severe mistake. Such books must not be burned but, be set aside in a museum or research library.
I remember reading about the break up of the Hunnic Empiure. There were many disparate peoples in the empire and the Hunnic tribes themselves were fractious. Once the tribute stopped coming in the empire broke up.
You do not have to actually beat a nation or empire built on a tribute or spoils system. Often you can merely contain them and let them fall apart from their internal contradictions.
With all due respect, Soviet was also hurting. So I dont think there is a big difference.
With all due respect, Soviet was also hurting. So I dont think there is a big difference."
I do not understand your comment.
The Russians certainly hurt from Pecheneg, Cuman and Mongol raiding or conquest. The capital moved from Kiev to Moscow in time.
The Mongolian author did not speak about the Russians that I remember. I kept my comment to the Mongols, Huns, and empires in general.
I have no information on the Venedi interaction with the Huns. I can only guess.
I have very little information about that area until Sviatoslav I of Kiev other than sparse and maybe speculative Roman sources. Unless some archaeologist covers it and it is written in English, I will not know.
Karwansaray is an excellent publisher and it has many European authors. It is about the best way for a layman, who is an English speaker, to get an idea of the times. They always need fresh material. Perhaps they can publish more on the Slavs. I am sure the Democrats would have hearings though, if they did.
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/ancient-warfare-magazine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire#/media/File:Roman_Empire_125.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula_Veneti
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