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I guess what I was trying to say is we've been in Korea before with very devastating results. It wasn't about oil either. The current DMZ that divides the Koreas was a negotiated truce. When the United Nations, led by the United States, entered the war they pushed the North Koreans to positions north of Pyonyang. When it seemed North Korea would be defeated, China entered the war and nearly pushed the United Nations forces off the Korean penisula. After a risky sea landing at Inchon, The United Nations forces battled back to approximately the current DMZ. There a truce was finally reached, and over the course of the last 50 years the truce has held. The United States lost over 30,000 troops in the fighting. The estimates of the Chinese losses are over 1,000,000. The war is not "officially" over.

These facts need to be considered when advocating our military returns to Korea. Maybe we need to "finish" the job. Maybe we should wait. It's a shame that international politics should get in the way of helping people who desperately need help. But in the long run these situations demand courage from the people involved. Saber rattling is not courage. A terrible wrong is being done to the people of North Korea. All efforts should be made to right the wrong. Blame for it can be assesed later. If people are truly starving and dying, it seems to me we should be able to give them something more substantial ther our own silly opinions.