(With all due respect to \u201cSound of Music\u201d lovers…)<\/p>\n
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How do you solve a problem like Korea?<\/em><\/p>\n How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?<\/em><\/p>\n How do you find a word that means Korea?<\/em><\/p>\n A flibbertijibbet! A will-o’-the wisp! A clown!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many a thing you know you’d like to tell her<\/em><\/p>\n Many a thing she ought to understand<\/em><\/p>\n But how do you make her stay<\/em><\/p>\n And listen to all you say<\/em><\/p>\n How do you keep a wave upon the sand<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oh, how do you solve a problem like Korea?<\/em><\/p>\n How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How do you solve a problem like North Korea? \u00a0How do we hold this hostile ‘moonbeam’ in our hand? \u00a0… The rhetoric is rising.\u00a0 The probability of a military conflict is increasing.\u00a0 Allow me to first share facts (much of which was outlined by USA Today this weekend)…<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n While many remain on edge because of the nuclear capability possessed by North Korea, many others dismiss the problem because the totalitarian country is a fairly small, singular state.\u00a0 The challenge, however, lies in the fact that global conflicts are usually sparked by singular, sometimes isolated acts… \u00a0After multiple diplomatic clashes between nations, for example, World War I started after the assassination of the Archduke of Austria Hungary and his wife… World War II, with unresolved tensions from war #1, is generally understood to have been prompted by the German\/Russian invasion of Poland and the Japanese invasion of China…\u00a0 singular countries… isolated acts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So how do we solve a problem like Korea?\u00a0 While many among us promote peace at all costs, that position will likely not serve effective in halting the hostility of such a \u201cflibbertijibbet\u201d country [\u201cflibbertijibbet\u201d chosen for self, diplomatic purposes].<\/em>\u00a0 Unfortunate or not, there exists a time for everything… a season for every activity under heaven… a time to be born and a time to die, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time for war and a time for peace.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s pray this isn\u2019t a time for war.\u00a0 But until the problem of North Korea is firmly and effectively extinguished, the possibility solemnly remains.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Respectfully…<\/p>\n AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (With all due respect to \u201cSound of Music\u201d lovers…) How do you solve a problem like Korea? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find a word that means Korea? A flibbertijibbet! A will-o’-the wisp! A clown! Many a thing you know you’d like to tell her … <\/p>\n\n