The US did nothing after North Korea shot down a Navy spy plane in 1969. Trump vows that won’t happen again.

The Washington Post front page with news of the attack. This post has been updated. On​ ​April​ ​15,​ ​1969,​ ​a​ ​U.S.​ ​Navy​ ​reconnaissance​ ​plane​ ​took​ ​off​ ​in​ ​from​ ​an​ ​airbase​ ​in​ ​Japan​ ​on​ ​a​ ​routine​ ​mission​ ​to​ ​spy​ ​on​ ​an increasingly​ ​belligerent​ ​threat​ ​-​- ​North​ ​Korea. The​ ​flight​ ​commander​ ​was​ ​nervous.​ ​Four​ ​months​ ​earlier,​ ​North​ ​Korea​ ​had​ ​captured​ ​the​ ​USS​ ​Pueblo​ ​spy​ ​ship,​ ​holding​ ​more​ ​than 80​ ​crewmen​ ​hostage​ ​at​ ​a​ ​prison​ ​camp.​ ​Preflight​ ​intelligence​ ​reports​ ​indicated​ ​the​ ​North​ ​Koreans​ ​were​ ​still​ ​agitated ​about the​ ​snooping. ​The​ ​plane​ ​had​ ​been​ ​flying​ ​over​ ​the​ ​Sea​ ​of​ ​Japan​ ​for​ ​about​ ​five​ ​hours​ ​when​ ​two​ ​North​ ​Korean​ ​MiGs​ ​pounced,​ ​firing​ ​a missile that​ ​killed​ ​all​ ​31​ ​crew​ ​members.​ ​ Nearly​ ​50​ ​years​ ​later,​ ​the​ ​incident​ ​– and President Richard M. Nixon’s choice not to retaliate — has​ ​been​ ​mostly​ ​forgotten. But on Tuesday, during a major speech in South Korea, President Trump brought up the attack. Any sort […]

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Trump just made a bad night for Republicans much worse for himself

In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017, file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate, Ed Gillespie, listens to a question during a kitchen-table discussion at a private home in Toano, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Ed Gillespie made a bet. By embracing the political priorities of President Trump, he figured, he could help bolster enthusiasm from Trump-supporting voters who had […]

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