Korea, the land of the "almost just right." Well, not sure that is still true but was mainly American GIs stationed in Korea who use to say it all the time. Korea is such a wonderful little country and land of great contrast. A Confucian, homogenous society that is almost impossible for us to understand. And, if one has been following the news of the G20 conference in Korea, Korea is kind of spanking the U. S. Since I know the history of the ROK (probably a little better than most. When I was last in Korea I decided I was going to write the great Americannovel and did lots of research).
Revisionist history aside, I can affirm this. The ROK would not exist today had we not intercepted the Hermit Kingdom ( North Korea) on their way to Seoul in 1950. We saved the country at the cost of thousands of American lived. So...?
Well, it just ticks me off that we don't get a little more deference from the Koreans. Vets should at least get a pass to all the thousands of Korean restaurants in America. Kidding aside, I don't know what I want. Maybe it is this: relate it to your kids. If you think that you are going to get a payoff (thanks for having raised them) with your kids as they grow into adulthood, I want to asked, "what have you been smoking?" The pain of raising of children is just what it is. You raise your kids in a reasonably emotionally happy home and hope for the best but don't expect a payoff. F..., Korea is looking after her own interest. Those in power weren't even born during the Korean war. The fact that we saved their asses from extinction only means s... to us old soldiers. Wish we got this before we went to war but it never happens. Does anybody out there, who thinks, have any illusion that Iraq or Afghanistan will one day thank us. What are we smokin?
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