{"id":7157,"date":"2017-04-25T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2017-04-25T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T18:32:11","slug":"we-repudiate-imperialist-aggressions-and-provocations-to-afghanistan-and-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2017\/04\/25\/we-repudiate-imperialist-aggressions-and-provocations-to-afghanistan-and-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"We Repudiate Imperialist Aggressions and Provocations to Afghanistan and North Korea!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAPRIL 18TH, 2017<\/span>
\nBy International Secretariat \u2013 IWL-FI.<\/span>
\nA few days after the airstrike to a base of the Syrian Regime in Homs, Donald Trump gave the order to drop the GBU-43, a giant 10 tons bomb, in a mountain region in East Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. It is not by chance that the GBU-43 is known as \u201cthe mother of all bombs\u201d: with a manufacturing cost of 300 million dollars, it is the biggest bomb of the non-nuclear arsenal of the U.S. Its lethal power is based on the immense air pressure it liberates, capable of destroying structures up to 60 m deep.<\/span>
\nThe excuse was to destroy tunnels and other installations of the so called Islamic State (IS). Washington said it killed about one hundred soldiers, without \u201ccollateral damages\u201d among the population. If we consider the destructive force of the bomb and the long history of genocides carried by imperialism, it is impossible to believe that there were no civilians deaths. The Afghan government, which had previously announced that the Islamic State force was of less than 400 and was present in only two provinces, supported the U.S. operation. To this picture we need to add the death of a U.S. Special Forces soldier fighting the terrorist group on the ground this past April 8th.<\/span>
\nThe IS was the excuse for the bombing, but the real motive is that Trump, with a very low popularity and an agenda of reactionary measures massively rejected by the U.S. people, saw in the military operations \u201cagainst terrorism\u201d a way to gain political strength. The previous attack of Syria was \u201cwell received\u201d by Republicans and Democrats. So now the White House wants to send a message to the world on its incomparable military and destructive power. It pretends to remind us all \u201cwho is in charge\u201d.<\/span>
\nIn fact Trump immediately celebrated the launching of \u201cthe mother of all bombs\u201d as another \u201csuccess\u201d of the U.S. army, of which he stated he is \u201c<\/span>very, very proud<\/span><\/i>\u201d: \u201c<\/span>We have the greatest military in the world and they\u2019ve done a job as usual<\/span><\/i>,\u201d said the president in his usual vain, arrogant tone.<\/span>
\nThe Threats to North Korea<\/b>
\nBesides \u201cshowing strength\u201d in the agitated region of Middle East, Trump used the launch of the GBU-43 to intimidate and strengthen his position on the tense relationship with North Korea, which recently made a fail launch of a ballistic missile.<\/span>
\nThe U.S. considered the North Korean nuclear ambition as an \u201cprovocation\u201d, and immediately sent a fleet led by a carrier to the region. The \u201csuper-bomb\u201d in Afghanistan is also related to this context.<\/span>
\nAs with Iran, the U.S. demands that North Korea dismantles its nuclear arsenal, considered as \u201cdestabilizing and provoking\u201d. H.R. McMaster, Trump\u2019s Assessor of National Security, when consulted if the military option was on the table, said: \u201c<\/span>all our options are on the table, undergoing refinement and further development,<\/span><\/i>\u201d as \u201c<\/span>the President has made clear that he will not accept the United States and its allies and partners in the region being under threat from this hostile regime with nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span>
\nTrump, allied to China and South Korea when it comes to North Korea, twitted: \u201c<\/span>I have great confidence that China will properly deal with North Korea.<\/span><\/i>\u201d, and he added: \u201c<\/span>If they are unable to do so, the U.S., with its allies, will!<\/span><\/i>\u201d. Which is also, by the way, a warning and pressure on the Chinese government.<\/span>
\nWe are facing a more openly aggressive and threatening position of U.S. imperialism which is in all senses unacceptable, and demands a categorical rejection.<\/span>
\nJust as we rejected the U.S. airstrikes in Syria, IWL-FI is against the imperialist aggression implied in the dropping of \u201cthe mother of all bombs\u201d. We also fully reject the explicit threats by Trump to North Korea. We reject and fight the hateful and dictatorial regime of North Korea, which attacks its own people in all possible ways; but in front of a concrete threat by imperialist powers, we stand with the weaker and more oppressed country of the two. Also, we defend without fear or hesitation the right and sovereignty of North Korea as a country to develop its own nuclear plan, a domain where U.S. imperialism aims to continue it exclusive monopoly.<\/span>
\nWe call on the working class of all countries, especially on the U.S. people, to mobilize against Trump\u2019s aggressions and threats to other nations. This new developments urge us to debate and resume a plan of action and foster anti-imperialist struggles everywhere. The working class and oppressed sectors across the world must respond to these imperialist attacks and threats.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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