In the winter of 1984, Sarajevo was the center of the sports world. It is where Katarina Witt and Torvill and Dean worked their magic. Eight years later, it was a war zone, and the Olympic facilities were nothing more than a macabre reminder of what had been. The city is still trying to recover today.
The same fate, only exponentially worse, could befall Pyeongchang, and soon. The best solution to the conundrum has always been a Chinese-inspired coup, but that doesn’t seem to be on the table. Barring that, the only hope for Korea is for Trump’s ability to blame his predecessors for his failure to stop the North Korean nuclear program to overcome his desire to lash out and salve his wounded pride.
If you live in Korea, and that’s all you have going for you, you should be very worried.