Korea

You know, the blame game over nukes has always been a farce. Last time it was China, and the Rosenthals were taken down as commies and executed promptly. This time North Korea has laid hold of nukes, and instead of one united front attacking one monolithic enemy, we have a polarized country where the enemy not only is the terrorists abroad, it is also the politicians at the other end of the aisle. In the midst of this wrangling, one conspicuous enemy has been overlooked: every other president since and including Truman. I mean, why couldn't those presidents do something (and suceed-the Republicans are stringent on this point) before the showdown reached nuclear proportions? Before the Korean war, South Korea was excluded from US defense lines against Communists so North Korea and Russia were emboldened to strike there-and did so. The Acheson Declaration that established that perimeter, the president then-Truman-didn't keep the military at maximum, and so when the Korean War began, the US was underprepared at first. Then McArthur was recalled when he wished to escalate the war because Truman was afraid it would go nuclear. Well, North Korea was allowed to exist, and now its nuclear too. So blame Truman. Or who knows, perhaps we should just blame North Korea for getting its nukes because if you think about it, the US is only imagining it can police an entire world at once.

Roman Wolf

The Phone

Hello there.

I am reporting in from the beloved public library, because I needed some books on Greeks. Have you ever wondered what the heck we are all bothering with every day? What would happen if a person were to suddenly do something stupid? Not violent, don't take me that way, but just totally random and kinda stupid. Like walk up to another person on the street, ask them how they were doing, and then ask if they would be willing to give you a ride home? Most would probably take that person as either an idiot or a murder looking for the next victim. Why? Why can't people be united together for friendly chats at random intervals, with random people? Is it a lack of trust? Has the world grown so distant, and permitted us to link up with people further and further way, until we have reached the point where neighbors are irrelevent because there are other people we can talk to at will than the ones within walking distance? Then there is the whole bane of phones. This afternoon I was sitting down, relaxing, enjoying a brief moment of peace when the phone rang. I had no choice but to get up and answer that phone, because somehow the idea of not answering my phone would be socially unexcusable? It was not laziness that made me not want to answer it, I certainly am not lazy, but simply an unwillingness to be at the beck and call of a piece of metal and plastic and whatever the heck else makes up a phoneline. What would have been the point of responding? The world will not suddenly collapse because I didn't pick it up, but my mom would have been unable to talk to me.
Has anyone noticed yet how ironic it is that I'd bring something like this up on my blog?
I have to go now. TTFN, Ta Ta for Now!!=)))))))??


Roman Wolf