A Failure of Vision: Retrospective

ONGY ANG, KOREA, 2013. “De feat ing the United States was a much easier task than A Failure we thought possi ble,” Col My ong Joo Kim said in pre­ cise English. Educated at Har vard and CalTech, the haggard 45-yearold North Ko rean stood at the head of a small of Vision ta ble around which sat inter ested repre sen ta­ tives from nine nations. The room was harshly lit, without windows, and electroni­ cally screened from the outside world by sys­ tems “borrowed” from their prostrate foe. Retrospective* Colo nel Kim’s speech would never be heard again outside this forum, and the repre sen ta­ tives would rap idly dis perse af ter the brief ing. How ever, it was es sen tial for each rep re sen taCAPT FRED KENNEDY, USAF tive to under stand the nature of the success­ ful campaign against the Americans and the CAPT RORY WELCH, USAF im pli ca tions for his nation. Colonel Kim anCAPT BRYON FESSLER, USAF nounced: