The Art of the Deal-Trump Isolates Russia While Aligning with China

thecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / April 13th, 2017

Recent eventss involving China, North Korea and the United States, reminded me of the Korean War in which in late November 1950 that the Korean War appeared to be over. U.S., Republic of Korea (ROK), and various U.N. units had advanced deep into North Korea in an attempt to destroy any remaining North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) units and reunite Korea under one government. Some units had even reached the Yalu River, which separated Korea from Communist China.

But just as U.N. forces launched what was hoped to be the final offensive, hundreds of thousands of Communist Chinese soldiers attacked American forces in North Korea, overwhelming the U.S. troops and completely changing the nature of the war. Fighting in extreme cold and over rugged terrain, the Americans and their allies were forced to retreat south down the Korean peninsula, suffering heavy casualties along the way.

When I learned that China had moved 150,000 combat troops to the North Korean border, I had flashbacks related to the Korean war. However, that was not to be the case.

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