Radio War Nerd EP127—The North Korea Peace Freakout w/Tim Shorrock

Guest: Tim Shorrock, journalist and author Recorded March 26, 2018 Veteran investigative reporter Tim Shorrock joins RWN again to make sense of historic Korea peace moves by North and South—and, to the shock and horror of the DC Establishment, Donald Trump. Tim cuts through liberal America's chauvinistic assumptions about Koreans and explains how they have been the main drivers of the peace movement . . . He also gives insight into the Darth Bolton appointment, and the US intelligence agencies' role in Trump's decision to meet with Kim Jong-un. Later, Tim helps recover lost history about the bloody suppression of the Jeju Island uprising 70 years ago, when US-backed South Korean auxiliaries massacred tens of thousands of South Korean citizens . . . At 1:35:55 the War Nerd & Ames look at the week in wars: the Skripal novichok poisoning & the Cold War remake . . . Latest in Syria: YPG abandons Afrin to Turkish forces, Erdogan looking to take more territory; Syria government forces retake about all of East Ghouta—Deraa next . . . Third anniversary of US-Saudi war on Yemen—Yemen fires Burkans into Riyadh . . . Wars heating up again in Democratic Republic of Congo, site of deadliest war in last 70 years . . . Tim Shorrock previously appeared on Radio War Nerd EP 20 and EP 62. Follow Tim on twitterand at The Nation and read his blog and buy his book!