Inchon

|| Adil Qatine||

on a sunday

the 2nd of september 1945

world war ii came to an end

and on the battleship missouri in tokyo

bay

general douglas macarthur accepted the

surrender of the japanese armed forces

the war to end all wars had ended or so

people believed

but less than five years later war was

to break out again

this time in korea already in the north

premier kim il-sung

was planning the invasion of his

neighbors across the 38th parallel

and when in april 1950 he flew to moscow

it was to obtain support for the war

from the communist leaders

as the result of a treaty signed by the

russian foreign minister vichinsky

a new military alliance was formed by

which premier kim

received offensive weapons for his

invasion of south korea

russian aircraft heavy artillery

anti-aircraft guns and most important of

all

tanks and it was with these russian

tanks

on the 25th of june 1950 that a peaceful

neighbor was to be invaded

another war was to break out that soon

was to involve

25 different nations

so

so

they'll all be this quality junior

uh-huh

you know my plants in philadelphia are

very fussy well

have i ever laid anything but the best

on you

oh i remember some soaps didn't cure you

oh that's when i didn't know you

this is quality crafted this is art

they'd not say too much jimmy i

understand you can get shot perjury in

this country

what would the cost be on two dozen for

you

such a beautiful lady such a good

customer my very best price

it's so cheap it embarrassed me to say

it

oh and of course there's 25 discounts

you must get out now get out uh-huh

what if i draw me army no american

embassy assault

they'll tell kelvin please go now hurry

hurry well get me this number in sean

nobody answers

please hurry huh

there you go

your husband must come you will need him

to leave the country

no somebody get the hell out of here

without you

i have to report the soul and i'll come

back for you

your wife is in seoul you've seen her

yeah that's right i wanted to talk to

her about the divorce

now it's my responsibility to get her

out of career

you understand that don't you

i understand that you're leaving liv

what's between you and me has nothing to

do with anything else

but a war started there's nothing

between soul and the parallel but a lot

of green kids and under-equipped roks

they don't know it but right now as

we're talking

they're dead

hey i told you i'm coming back to take

you away

to america

i'd feel a lot better if you waited

downside i'll wait here

and when they come know what they'll do

if they find out an american officer was

here

nevertheless i will stay with my family

just remember one thing i love you

oh

your shadow is with the wrong place my

friend

you heard

i have to go i understand the war

only because of the war i liked it here

we'll need this

all those hours we talked together

about the buddhism about the

non-violence

you think that's what's our talk war

changes everything this

is war you know and this is life

so that's how this man feels today you

know how

women are my wife

will not let me through that picture of

that sword my way

no matter i have had

my last of wars

yeah well laid a hand on my family

i'd sure as i want to use this

now we see if talk becomes

my way of life

wait while i change i will accompany you

to incheon

why did you stay on here i thought you

had enough for war

maybe i'm wrong after what i saw

hiroshima i never thought there could be

war again

and only five years later well anyway

i'm glad you stayed up a man's

wife he's his wife

you know my wife did when i met her at

the airport and told her about lim

she got a car and a driver and went

shopping for this furniture for a

interior decorating business

some woman she is still your wife

lim doesn't believe i'm coming back

youtube wall

people are changed yeah i know

i've been there

i want you and your family to go south

to busan

whose son is not our home

these

um

sure i know does the brat snow well it's

after

midnight back in washington but you used

to work for macarthur

you want to be the first one to tell

there's a war starting in korea i think

truman can tell him

well i bet he don't even know where

korea is all right let's move

it's all time to take care of business

huh

barbara's hotel

well maybe we better head back

i mean the orchestra's rehearsing right

now that's where i'll be

not here you don't think my newspaper

made a mistake do you uh the new york

make a mistake never happened yank who

cares about the 38th parallel anyway

try the white house tries it

i always thought it was a dumb way to

divide a country

but when the war ended then the russians

started to come into korea we had to do

something in a hurry

so this very bright staff officer

decided to draw a line on a map

and that's the 38th parallel

well you don't get sent me there do you

and what makes you so special

johnson he's our regular tokyo

correspondent he's home in the states on

leave

i'm a critic i came all the way here

with the new york philharmonic from new

york by the way

they'll be thankful it's not la you ever

heard them play

they're not so bad as a matter of fact

the string section is very good

especially this rollinstein took over my

boy

your attitude says you will fill in till

johnson gets back

so you will do what your editor tells

you to do

be prepared to cover the war in four

four times

anyway it won't be a long one once the

us comes in and they will you know

they always do this time maybe they'll

have to

or it's tomorrow the world and goodbye

japan

i'm glad you didn't say sayonara japan

for these small