{"id":660,"date":"2010-05-25T10:57:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T10:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/war-between-the-koreas.html"},"modified":"2010-05-25T10:57:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T10:57:15","slug":"war-between-the-koreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/war-between-the-koreas.html","title":{"rendered":"War between the Koreas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This situation is going from bad to worse, fast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1991576,00.html\">Kim Jong-il has reportedly ordered a mobilization of his armed forces. <\/a> China is the only nation that can stop the crazed dictator from his brinksmanship. How do you deal rationally with a madman? Open thread on the prospect of a new Korean war &#8212; which, if Pyongyang cut loose everything it has on the South, would mean the quick and sure elimination of Seoul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This situation is going from bad to worse, fast: Kim Jong-il has reportedly ordered a mobilization of his armed forces. China is the only nation that can stop the crazed dictator from his brinksmanship. How do you deal rationally with a madman? 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