1973년에 북한이 남침을 했다면....
바로 그때 김희중의 북한에서의 개인적 관찰이 정확했다면...
과연 어떻게 되었을가?
그때는 남한의 사정이 극히 어두울때가 아니였던가?

"북한은 그때 전쟁 준비를 끝내고 기회만 엿보고 있었던 것 같다. 군사력이 남한보다 우월했고,
미국은 베트남전에서 패한 뒤 막 철수해 넋이 빠진 상태였다.
남한은 '10월 유신'으로 혼란스러웠던 반면 북한은 안정적 체제 아래 통일에의 열망으로 들끓고 있었다."

"김 선생, 사흘 안에 떠나지 않으면 영원히 못 떠날 수도 있습니다." 놀라운 이야기였다.
남쪽으로 향하던 군인들, 몇 달 안에 통일이 된다는 이야기가 머리를 스쳤다."

무엇이 김일성(金日成, 1912년 4월 15일 ~ 1994년 7월 8일)의 재 남침을 막었을가?
김일성은 바로 그때 절호의 찬스를 영원히 놓지지않었을가?
박정희의 유신체재가 이런 낌새를 느끼며 급히 서둘러 실행돤것이 아닌가?
만일 민정이 들어섰다면, 민정의 혼란하에서 남한이 북한의 침입을 견뎌낼수있었을가? 
등골이 써늘해지는 얘기다.

하여간 남한은 운이 좋은 나라가 아닌가?

If we look at the date when Mr. Kim wrote this series, it was 2006.
And it was during the period of Rho Moo-hyun administration
(2003-2008). As we all know well, after retirement, Rho Moo-hyn
Committed Suicide because of the investigation of bribery scandal
- which could be a part of the cause why ROK became the Number
One Country for Suicide Rate in the world by "Werther Effect"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_suicide)

He was not a man who could stand up against the allegation.
His Suicide news was world-wide news and one of my patients
declared "He is A Coward". And I googled then to see who Committed
Suicide in history of the world as the Head of Government, past & present,

I found 9 cases - 7 of them from South America and 1 by Greek ex-prime
minister, female. In a sense, Roh made history with other 9 cases.
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/23/world/asia/23korea.html)

I want to look at the sequence of historical events in the world and in Korea
- for my better understanding those days in 1970s. You can follow me, if you
want and if you have time to read.

FYI;
1. Vietnam War;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

2. October Yushin, 1972;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Yushin

As my conclusion, as far as I know, we had Nuke Power under the shield of
American umbrella in 1970s while N. Korea didn't have - which was Totally
Removed from the Korean Peninsula in 1992. They tested the first Nuke Bomb
experiment in 2006.
      - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test) 

It was Fatal Mistake - which I don't need to explain Why.

PS;
This is my Imagination - Korea has Ability to Make Nuke Bombs As A Means
of Deterrence, if allowed by the US govenment, defying NPT and IAEA.

We had Nuke Power Research Program from early on - where my late older
brother worked after he graduated from the Chemical Engineering, SNU.

FYI;
1. Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI);
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAERI

2. Nuclear Power in Korea;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_South_Korea

3. International Atomic Agency (IAEA) reported;
http://www.armscontrol.org/print/1714

(I am sorry to write long as my Comment, WM.
It should've been a Reply to your presentation?)

Doc, yours isn't long enough to worry about.
There are certain comments that need to be in the exact location to be meaningful.
Please don't be sorry.
Unfortunately, the one who used to add legendary long comments
had passed away not long ago as you know.
We will miss him for a lot of different things.