In the past several weeks, there have been a number of reports in which the military plans or political objectives of either South Korea or the U.S. have been discussed. For such information to be brought out into the public realm is tantamount to openly reviewing war plans. It is as though President Franklin D. Roosevelt had declared as the U.S. entered World War II, “Hey, Adolph, Benito, Hideki! Listen up fellas, these are our plans for attacking you.”
Thus far, there has been:
In the past several weeks, there have been a number of reports in which the military plans or political objectives of either South Korea or the U.S. have been discussed. For such information to be brought out into the public realm is tantamount to openly reviewing war plans. It is as though President Franklin D. Roosevelt had declared as the U.S. entered World War II, “Hey, Adolph, Benito, Hideki! Listen up fellas, these are our plans for attacking you.”
Thus far, there has been:
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Robert E. McCoy is a retired U.S. Air Force Korean linguist and analyst/reporter who was stationed in Asia for more than fourteen years. He continues to follow developments in East Asia closely. Mr. McCoy’s book Tales You Wouldn’t Tell Your Mother is now out. He can be contacted via his website http://musingsbymccoy.com/ which also lists his previous essays and has personal vignettes on Asia (Tidbits) not published elsewhere.