Was it that long ago?
Remember M.A.S.H. ? Of course you do.
(Well millennials might not)
1972-1983
It was of course an immensely popular show. Even though it took place during the Korean War it was an allegory to Vietnam with an anti-war message that there was nothing was worth fighting and dying for.
Korea was a messy bloody affair that ended in an armistice. There was no peace treaty. Technically the war is still on. Ruled by the Kim family crime syndicate for the last 65 years, it’s reason for being has been hatred for for the U.S. . It’s population is brainwashed. The people outside Pyongyang are starving. At least 200,000 are in the 9th circle of hell.
It was ostensibly the U.N against communist aggression, where the U.S. bore the brunt and casualties were enormous and all sides. But it saved what would become South Korea, a beacon of freedom and an economic powerhouse.
Vietnam was of course death by a thousand cuts. It went on too long but Nixon finally brought the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table by carpet bombing Hanoi with B-52’s. Of course we remember how history played out. Today for better or worse there is only one Vietnam.
In 2016 Donald Trump was elected President and a bunch of C-list celebrates including Mike Farrel (B.J.) and Loretta Switt (hot lips) produced a video imploring the Electoral College to overturn the election.
Because they didn’t get their way the Libs now want to abolish the Electoral College.
Now 44 years after Vietnam war ended with the North’s victory President Donald Trump becomes the 4th consecutive U.S. President to visit Hanoi. Only this time for the purpose of a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an attempt to denuclearize the Korean peninsular and to try and convince the Kim that there are better ways to bring prosperity to his people using Vietnam itself as a model.
No one can predict the outcome although the “Drive by Media” is praying to Gaia that Trump’s attempt for a successful summit, perhaps officially ending the Korean War with a real peace treaty will fail. Because…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUYw_P9asRk
And Finally.
