Commentary
A lesson in so-called forever war is deep background for this week’s celebration of the seven-decade-long U.S.-South Korea bilateral alliance.
As U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol meet in Washington their nations have cause to celebrate. Ranking economies by GDP, the United States (population 330 million) is No. 1 and South Korea (52 million) is No. 12 (possibly 10).
But behind the photo-ops aides are discussing North Korea’s nuclear threats and communist China’s regional and global threats.
Difficult fact: The Korean War remains unfinished business. When media claim Afghanistan was America’s longest war, they ignore the frozen war on the Korean peninsula and the American troops still there, pulling guard duty….