SHARPER EYES THAN MY AGING ONES PICKED UP THE TYPO IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, NOW-CORRECTED BOLD FACE WORD.
The Korean War began in June 1950. After nearly being pushed into the sea at the Pusan Perimeter, the September breakout on the heels of MacArthur's successful amphibious landing at Inchon led to UN forces retaking Seoul, destroying the North Korean army, occupying Pyongyang, reaching the Chinese-North Korean border at the Yalu River, and then retreating south across the 38th parallel where the lines stabilized.
In July 1951, a year after the North invaded the South and the Chinese realized they could not overcome the South, four-party armistice negotiations began in Panmunjom. While the so-called negotiations dragged on for two years, until 1953, the Chinese rebuilt the shattered North Korean army, resupplied both, and dug in on the formidable hills and mountains, killing thousands of UN and American troops.
Now the North Koreans want to initiate conversations with the South about the former's athletes participating in February's winter Olympic games.
Right.
What the NorKor's want is quite different: To plant even more agents in the South, to distract world opinion from nuclear madness to sports, and to drive a political/military wedge between South Korea and the United States. Most important--because the Olympic talks will inevitably be a springboard for other conversations--the Kim regime will use protracted negotiations to buy time to at least advance, perhaps complete, their ICBM/nuclear weapons program.
Let's hope that our naive State Department and White House were speaking with forked-tongues when they reacted positively to the Olympic discussions.
The Korean War began in June 1950. After nearly being pushed into the sea at the Pusan Perimeter, the September breakout on the heels of MacArthur's successful amphibious landing at Inchon led to UN forces retaking Seoul, destroying the North Korean army, occupying Pyongyang, reaching the Chinese-North Korean border at the Yalu River, and then retreating south across the 38th parallel where the lines stabilized.
In July 1951, a year after the North invaded the South and the Chinese realized they could not overcome the South, four-party armistice negotiations began in Panmunjom. While the so-called negotiations dragged on for two years, until 1953, the Chinese rebuilt the shattered North Korean army, resupplied both, and dug in on the formidable hills and mountains, killing thousands of UN and American troops.
Now the North Koreans want to initiate conversations with the South about the former's athletes participating in February's winter Olympic games.
Right.
What the NorKor's want is quite different: To plant even more agents in the South, to distract world opinion from nuclear madness to sports, and to drive a political/military wedge between South Korea and the United States. Most important--because the Olympic talks will inevitably be a springboard for other conversations--the Kim regime will use protracted negotiations to buy time to at least advance, perhaps complete, their ICBM/nuclear weapons program.
Let's hope that our naive State Department and White House were speaking with forked-tongues when they reacted positively to the Olympic discussions.
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