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Today, July 27 in the USofA is National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nationa ... y-july-27/

War is destructive at all levels. This one, the Korean War, approved and supported by the United Nations, seems to me is preferred to be forgotten by most Americans. The current news from just ten days ago, when a GI fled to North Korea, forced us to remember us that this war has not ended. and a no-man's-land still separates the combatants.

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And if Trump and his GQP ilk had their way, there'd be a no-man's-land, complete with the Great Wall of America, fully equipped with observation towers, tank traps, guard dogs, radar, infra-red scanners, drones, and a clear line-of-sight fire zone — along the entire Mexican border.

Then I'm sure they'd turn their eyes northward to Canada...

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Burning Petard wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:31 pm

. . .the Korean War, approved and supported by the United Nations, seems to me is preferred to be forgotten by most Americans.

It's likely that all history is forgotten by most Americans. To be fair, hardly any was known in the first place.

It's the only explanation for "some slaves learned some useful skills so it wasn't all bad". Or "Europeans saved the lives of blacks by shipping them out of Africa where they'd all have died otherwise". Or "the election was rigged"

"It's likely that all history is forgotten by most Americans. To be fair, hardly any was known in the first place."

Oh my! That is SOOOOO good. I was thinking of stealing it, but I decided to give you credit.

snailgate.

I live with those kind of Americans. In fairness they are decent people and generally progressive folk who vote liberal in most instances I’m sure. But they just don’t pay attention to anything but the biggest of stories in the smallest of sound bites when it comes to such things as politics, policy, international relations, etc. They could however tell you in minute detail anything you could ever want to know about the Marvel universe, Supernatural, and who won American Idol every season since it started.

I don’t get it.

Except, as Christa Worthington pointed out, while the unexamined life is not worth living, the examined life can make you want to die. There can be bliss in ignorance, I’m told.

BP--FWIW, the Korean truce and division has worked a lot better than many war outcomes: shots are rarely, if ever, fired (can we say the same about all our, e.g., middle east ventures/0, and the South, at least, is progressing toward some form of democracy (especially since the 70s) and has a pretty thriving economy--contrast that with a lot of hot zones in the world. Indeed, I do think it shows that negotiated settlements (or even standstills) arE preferable to fighting--the sad thing is that sometimes people need the horror of the fight to bring them to the negotiating table. This is just as true among businesses, and even in domestic relationships; we are just a disagreeable species.

Bicycle Bill wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:01 pm

And if Trump and his GQP ilk had their way, there'd be a no-man's-land, complete with the Great Wall of America, fully equipped with observation towers, tank traps, guard dogs, radar, infra-red scanners, drones, and a clear line-of-sight fire zone — along the entire Mexican border.
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Naah, no need for most of that. Just barbed wire, motion sensors, land mines, and armed drones. Long past time for that.