Operation Tokdo Freedom© Countdown: 33
Hello? Metaphor Abuse Hotline? If truth is the first casualty of war, then grammar is the latest casualty of Operation Tokdo Freedom ©:
To catch a tiger, we have entered the tiger’s dens. Having taken the plunge, all we can do is now firmly secure our sovereignty over Dokdo in an international political and publicity battle.
No battle ensued. The tigers, having made the fatal error of building their dens at the bottom of a diving pool, drowned before they could shoot back.
In exactly 33 days, of course–when the next bi-election is safely over–all of this will start to die down again. Given the loss of Uri’s majority and three cabinet ministers, don’t expect any outbursts of responsibility before then.