north-korea-war-provoked

When I was over in Korea, Oct 1968 - Dec 1970, time and again the NK's violated terms of the Armistice Agreement repeatedly. During the period of time known as Post-Armistice we have seen 212 American military personal make the ultimate sacrifice at the hands of North Korea aggression. I saw some of this aggression, first hand, up close and personal. But we had these little things called Rules of Engagement and this silly document called The Korean SOFA (Status of Force Agreement) all of which work ONLY to the detriment of US and South Korean personnel. Now we have the third Kim family descendent (Kim Jung-Un - given name is Un) ready to continue in the insane footsteps of his father and grandfather, only I think Un is far more dangerous than grandfather Il-Sung or even daddy Jong-Il.
(reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_dynasty_(North_Korea)
Now, here we go again, the most aggressive of the three is now poised to hold a nuclear test over this weekend while daring the US and our allies in the region (South Korea and Japan mainly) to do something about it. He is being the bully with the line in the sand (that line is as known as the DMZ) sitting back pulling trick after trick from his bag o' tricks. I am sure Kim is comfortable thinking that he is at liberty to act as he pleases without out fear of an armed response. Now that the battle group Carl Vinson is in the vicinity ready to answer the call if it becomes necessary. I would assume we have assets in both the Yellow Sea and in The Sea of Japan. It is going to be a very interesting weekend. The official word out of Washington is that we are simply bringing assets to area for participation in the annual training exercise. I was involved in two such exercises, in the field playing war games. In, I think it was 1969, NK threatened an attack across the DMZ if this exercise were to move forward. It was in that year that we had some 5000 members of the 82nd Airborne dropped into the exercise area. It felt like the real thing, meanwhile, back in Pyong-Yang Kim Il Sung was jumping up and down telling us how he was going to destroy all US and ROK troops. Well, that didn't happen.
So, I am quite anxious to see what happens next. It still seems quite odd to me that US Forces Korea are allowed to bring dependents in country - that would never have happened back in the 1950's, 60's and even into the 70's. Where I was personally permanently assigned we received hazardous duty (I think that is what it was called) pay and when I would be TDY anywhere north of the Imjin River hostile fire pay would automatically kick-in. No place for dependents. Perhaps Korea has changed since I was there but North Korea is still there and still posing a great threat.
What do you folks think?

When I was over in Korea, Oct 1968 - Dec 1970, time and again the NK's violated terms of the Armistice Agreement repeatedly. During the period of time known as Post-Armistice we have seen 212 American military personal make the ultimate sacrifice at the hands of North Korea aggression. I saw some of this aggression, first hand, up close and personal. But we had these little things called Rules of Engagement and this silly document called The Korean SOFA (Status of Force Agreement) all of which work ONLY to the detriment of US and South Korean personnel. Now we have the third Kim family descendent (Kim Jung-Un - given name is Un) ready to continue in the insane footsteps of his father and grandfather, only I think Un is far more dangerous than grandfather Il-Sung or even daddy Jong-Il.
(reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_dynasty_(North_Korea)
Now, here we go again, the most aggressive of the three is now poised to hold a nuclear test over this weekend while daring the US and our allies in the region (South Korea and Japan mainly) to do something about it. He is being the bully with the line in the sand (that line is as known as the DMZ) sitting back pulling trick after trick from his bag o' tricks. I am sure Kim is comfortable thinking that he is at liberty to act as he pleases without out fear of an armed response. Now that the battle group Carl Vinson is in the vicinity ready to answer the call if it becomes necessary. I would assume we have assets in both the Yellow Sea and in The Sea of Japan. It is going to be a very interesting weekend. The official word out of Washington is that we are simply bringing assets to area for participation in the annual training exercise. I was involved in two such exercises, in the field playing war games. In, I think it was 1969, NK threatened an attack across the DMZ if this exercise were to move forward. It was in that year that we had some 5000 members of the 82nd Airborne dropped into the exercise area. It felt like the real thing, meanwhile, back in Pyong-Yang Kim Il Sung was jumping up and down telling us how he was going to destroy all US and ROK troops. Well, that didn't happen.
So, I am quite anxious to see what happens next. It still seems quite odd to me that US Forces Korea are allowed to bring dependents in country - that would never have happened back in the 1950's, 60's and even into the 70's. Where I was personally permanently assigned we received hazardous duty (I think that is what it was called) pay and when I would be TDY anywhere north of the Imjin River hostile fire pay would automatically kick-in. No place for dependents. Perhaps Korea has changed since I was there but North Korea is still there and still posing a great threat.
What do you folks think?

Kim dynasty (North Korea) - Wikipedia
The Kim dynasty, officially called Mount Paektu Bloodline, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership descending from the country's first leader, Kim Il-sung, in 1948. Kim came to rule the North after the end of Japanese control in 1945 split the region. He began the Korean War in 1950 in an attempt to reunify the peninsula. Kim developed a cult of personality closely tied to their state philosophy of Juche, which was passed on...
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Thank you for the history on NK. You asked what others think so here's mine. Nothing will happen until Pence is back home. Meanwhile, China will hit NO Korea with an oil embargo. It is hard to run a military machine without fuel. NK gets 90% of fuel/oil from China. We have two unpredictable leaders. Who blinks first...?