jillio
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We can all thank Truman for this mess.
Huh? You need to explain that one.
We can all thank Truman for this mess.
you wanted him to nuke North Korea and China?We can all thank Truman for this mess.
Huh? You need to explain that one.
Didn't the Soviets invade Korea leading to the Korean War?
Discuss away? In my opinion, It's kim jon il. not the second. not the ii.
Too bad he wasn't Kim Jong Healthy.
Of all the people most responsible for the Cold War, Truman was at numero uno.
Didn't the Soviets invade Korea leading to the Korean War?
Elaborate, please. Are you referring to the Cold War with Russia or the Korean War? How was Truman the most responsible for the Cold War?
Soon after his concepts had become US policy, Kennan began to criticize the foreign policies that he had seemingly helped launch. Subsequently, prior to the end of 1948, Kennan was confident the state of affairs in Western Europe had developed to the point where positive dialogue could commence with the Soviet Union. His proposals were discounted by the Truman administration and Kennan's influence was marginalized, particularly after Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State in 1949. Soon thereafter, U.S. Cold War strategy assumed a more assertive and militaristic quality, causing Kennan to lament over what he believed was as an aberration of his previous assessments.
Kennan's influence rapidly declined under Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the successor of the ailing George Marshall in 1949 and 1950.[40][41] Acheson did not regard the Soviet 'threat' as chiefly political, and he saw the Berlin blockade starting in June 1948, the first Soviet test of a nuclear weapon in August 1949, the Communist revolution in China a month later and the beginning of the Korean War in June 1950 as evidence of his view. Truman and Acheson decided to delineate the Western sphere of influence and to create a system of alliances backed by conventional and nuclear weapons.
Of all the people most responsible for the Cold War, Truman was at numero uno.
what do you believe what should have been done? Truman should not get involved and let Koreans deal with it themselves?
I think you would be the best person to answer that question Jiro.
I think you would be the best person to answer that question Jiro.
Why? Because his parents are Korean?
Because he knows more about it than anyone else here.
sort of. Korean War was more like a proxy war by superpowers during Cold War - USA vs. USSR.
tl;dnr
Just spit it out. Jeeze We don't have time to go on a cat and mouse chase through wikipedia and teh internets. :roll:
I think you would be the best person to answer that question Jiro.