A collective sigh of relief… Indisputable results!

As a follow-up to my article from April 21, I have found news to prove my claims that the collective power of so many redheads in South Korea has curbed the violence and helped bring peace to the region.

Quoting an article by Jean H. Lee of the Associated Press:

“The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity — not of fighting, but of farming.

Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced North Korean soldiers put down their rifles Wednesday and stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers as they turned their focus to another battle: the spring planting.

As neighboring nations remain on guard for a missile launch or nuclear test that South Korean and U.S. officials say could take place at any time, the focus north of the border is on planting rice, cabbage and soybeans. In hamlets all along the DMZ, soldiers were knee-deep in mud and water as they helped farmers with the spring planting.

Inside the DMZ, hundreds of North Korean soldiers marched in a line with backpacks. On a hilltop above them in North Hwanghae province, Col. Kim Chang Jun said they were being dispatched to farms…”

For those of you who don’t know my mother-in-law, she is the matriarch of the Foraker clan and the original Foraker redhead. For years now, in fact as long as I’ve known her, she has been a whiz at planting and growing just about anything. I remember when I finally proposed to my wife, it was decided that we would get married at the family home in their impressively large back and side yard. However, the wedding could not take place for another three years. This was because the garden wouldn’t be ready in till then. You see, before the wedding could take place my mother-in-law had to plant the annual flowers and the by-annual flowers, plan out and schedule all the planting so that everything would be up, growing, blooming, and perfect when we walked down the grassy aisle.

Needless to say, the garden and the nuptials were perfect.

I find it interesting that within 2 to 3 days after my mother-in-law arrives in South Korea, the North Korean military begins helping farmers with the planting. I know, some of my readers will say that this is because it’s planting season and if they want to have a good crop this year they have to start planting now. I accept the fact that this is true. However, North Korea has historically maintained several prisons/work camps filled with thousands and thousands of what North Korea calls criminals and political refugees from North Korean society. Not that I support imprisoning people for no valid reason, but with this many people imprisoned and under the control of the North Korean state, there are certainly enough people to help with the planting without getting the military involved.

Once again, as I stated in my previous article, some of you readers may not know redheads like I do. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the influence of my mother-in-law’s great redheaded power in South Korea has not only helped stop the violence and end a nuclear holocaust, but has even influenced the military leadership to trade in their guns and weapons for plows and pockets full of seeds.

Great job mom!

Can you say Nobel Peace Prize?… I knew you could.