War Scare in Korea – A Manufactured Crisis
• Lewrockwell.comThe United States and the two feuding Koreas could blunder into a real war unless both Pyongyang and Washington cease provoking one another.
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The United States and the two feuding Koreas could blunder into a real war unless both Pyongyang and Washington cease provoking one another.
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