The Forgotten War, it's called. Which is why it was so good to have
it remembered so ceremoniously and extensively this past weekend on the
60th anniversary of the tenuous armistice -- certainly not peace -- that
has uneasily endured on the Korean peninsula ever since.
The Korean War is worth remembering and so are all those who fought in it, the living and the dead, the great and small, the worthless politicians who knew only how to continue it and the unsung heroes who died in the snow and ice.
And let there be no mistake: It was a war, not a Police Action, just as Iraq and Afghanistan in our time have been wars, not Overseas Contingency Operations. As always, euphemism is the first and clearest symptom of a lack of national resolve. Seldom since Korea, at least till now, has the disparity between this country's political leadership -- first unprepared and then vacillating -- and the heroism and endurance of its fighting men been so clear.
http://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2013/07/31/the-forgotten-war-n1652671?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl
The Korean War is worth remembering and so are all those who fought in it, the living and the dead, the great and small, the worthless politicians who knew only how to continue it and the unsung heroes who died in the snow and ice.
And let there be no mistake: It was a war, not a Police Action, just as Iraq and Afghanistan in our time have been wars, not Overseas Contingency Operations. As always, euphemism is the first and clearest symptom of a lack of national resolve. Seldom since Korea, at least till now, has the disparity between this country's political leadership -- first unprepared and then vacillating -- and the heroism and endurance of its fighting men been so clear.
http://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2013/07/31/the-forgotten-war-n1652671?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl
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