Interestingly, although the military exercises in South Korea went ahead today, it has been reported that the North claimed they were "not worth reacting" to - the reason for it's failure to retaliate, and the reason why the snow here in the UK remains top of the news, instead of the outbreak of a second Korean war.
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| Was war averted due to some uncharacteristic sensible actions from the North? Picture by: JOE BRISCOE |
Perhaps the North knew that they were being taunted - coerced into striking hard so that the South, with the help of the US would have ample justification to strike back harder.
The North have, cleverly, been using this as a propaganda victory, saying: "The world should properly know who is the true champion of peace and who is the real provocateur of a war."
And indeed, this will be seen as a victory for the North. The US has been keen to avoid rewarding their beligerance in the past, and now that they have effectively 'been the bigger man' and stepped back from the brink, surely now the US will have to reward them for their positive actions today.
But will they?
And how will they?
Could it be that Sarah Palin was right all along?(!)
One thing is for certain - the people in Seoul and indeed the rest of the country, can breathe a little easier as they tuck themselves into bed tonight.
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