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Naughty, Naughty
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In this undated photo provided on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, speaks while inspecting a newly built submarine to be deployed soon, at an unknown location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) It seems that, although dTrump had two – count ’em – confabs […]
Those Planes Were (“Not”) Really There
South Korea scrambled jets and chased two Russian Tu-95MS bombers and an A-50 out of their air space. Of course, the Kremlin denies that it happened. “Those planes weren’t in South Korean air space, at all, not once.” Really? Well, who was it? Was it Bigfoot? Note that the Kremlin doesn’t deny that those […]
The Homesickness Is Real
An elderly gentleman, who was forced at age 20 by the Korean War to leave his hometown of Pyongyang, has spent the past 70 years raising pigeons with his family. To him, they represent longing and hope – hope to see his hometown again some day. He says “The homesickness is real.” He can see […]
Pro Wrestler is USAF & Korean Champ
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(Photo by: Senior Airman Stefan Alvarez/Air Force) The USAF has its very own wrestling champ, based in Korea. https://www.airforcetimes.com/2019/06/15/this-airman-is-a-pro-wrestling-champion-in-south-korea/ When Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gregory Gauntt isn’t conducting operations with his unit, he’s conducting body slams inside the ring. Gauntt, 33, is currently stationed in South Korea with the 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron, where he […]
Vietnam’s memorial to N. Korea
War veteran Duong Van Dau walks between rows of headstones at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. (Hau Dinh/AP ) 14 tombstones mark war deaths of pilots fighting against U.S. MiG-15 Most have heard stories of Russian pilots in MiG 15’s dog-fighting Americans in their F-86 Saberjets south of […]
Donald Trump: Breaking With The Past..
..and The Beltway Ain’t Happy. President Trump is taking an axe to the old ways of doing the nations business. From Iran to China, the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula he’s pulled out of arrangements made by the previous administration, re-negotiated treaties in America’s favor, and wants to end the nearly 70 year old […]
Valor Friday
Today’s Valor Friday highlights Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (August 31, 1924 – November 13, 2017). He was an officer in the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He rose to the rank of Captain, and received the Medal of Honor for his actions in trying to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse […]
There Are No Coincidences
For a long time after the end of the war in Vietnam, the Communist Vietnamese government had a law in place that any US citizen who entered Vietnam would immediately be arrested. In 1999, things changed when the British government returned ownership of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the mainland Chinese government. There […]
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