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This is a winter, praises be the cycle has come round again! when the exterior is an alien, deadly world, to go out we must don layers of protective armor: socks, down overalls, a balaclava, boots, a stiff heavy jacket. 8 degrees, 5 degrees. When we naked primates must revel with pride in the protections […]
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If North Korea starts another major war or major conflict then it seems we have every reason to agree with Douglas MacArthur that we should have gone in against the Chinese and settled things permanently. I’m not belittling the risks with that nor do I know enough to authoritatively criticize what the leaders were up against but I really do think that the Chinese Communists couldn’t stand up to us and Mao needed to be slapped down. It’s clear also that the Soviets were behind the whole thing, too — that definitely makes one wonder what to do. However, giving Mao a defeat and uniting Korea into a western-oriented government could well have been better.
Sue Grafton died December 28 at the age of 77. Grafton was the author of the Kinsey Milhone “Alphabet” series of mysteries.