To comment on Marty's note:
In the TV show, Fidel said that the most logical explanation for the incident came from an U.S. analyst on the web who (as I understand) argued compellingly that a 1950s' Soviet torpedo from a North Korean submarine was no match for the sophisticated, well-armored, U.S.-manufactured South Korean boat (which, according to Fidel, used very high-tech metallic alloys in its armor). The analyst conjectured that what sunk the boat was a powerful mine, most likely U.S.-made and planted by U.S. agents. Fidel noted that the South Koreans were deceived at first by the U.S. They were led to believe that a North Korean submarine had shot the boat. But then, as the issue could be brought to discussion at the UN Security Council, rather quietly, the U.S. and South Korea dropped the issue. Fidel seems to believe that the U.S. deliberately tried to create a casus-belli incident against North Korea. Fidel also said that Kim Jong Il's trip to China was likely aimed at showing the Chinese that North Korea had nothing whatever to do with the boat incident, and he (Fidel) noted that China has veto power in the UN SC. As things in the Korean peninsula didn't work out for the U.S., then the pressure for war shifted to the Persian Gulf. In that case, the U.S. managed to persuade Russia and China to pass a harsh resolution against Iran, which provides cover for the U.S. (and Israel) manoeuvres. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
