Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Could the U.S. Be Drawn into a New Korean War?

To fear a new Korean War is historically inaccurate, because, in fact, the last one never ended: the world's most dangerous border, across which some 2 million North Korean, U.S. and South Korean troops face each other along the 38th parallel of the Korean Peninsula is, in fact, simply an armistice line. On July 27, 1953, the U.S. and North Korea signed a truce pausing, but not ending, a war that claimed more than 2 million lives, including those of 36,940 U.S. troops. And the North's recent nuclear and missile saber-rattling has many growing nervous about the potential for a resumption of hostilities.

FULL STORY

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090610/wl_time/08599190371700

1 comment:

The Benjamite said...

Just the signs of the times ahch, I wish it would drag em in. Time for this to jump off already, don't you agree?