Re: CIA Discloses Korean Spy Records

["A.M.J. Bielakowski" <abielak@yahoo.com>]

--- Young Kim <y_s_k@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> We are talking 1950's here, when racism was still in vogue in
> America.  The
> 'yellow-bellies', 'niggers' and 'Jews' were deemed sub-humans and
> very much
> expendable by some of the American commanders.  According to the
> History
> Channel, Big Mac's 2nd in command was a fascist Franco's follower.
 
Who exactly are you referring as MacArthur's #2?

> At the Kunu-ri battle, the Turkish Brigade mistook ROKA troops for
> "Chinamen" and killed "several" hundred of them as they "came in
> human
> waves"  (the poor ROKA soldiers were actually running away from the
> real
> Chinamen).  As far as I know no Turks were punished for this friendly
> fire
> incident.  Had the Turks mistaken any Yanks for Ruskies and killed
> them, you
> would have heard about it (justifiably so) - but killing friendly
> gooks was
> a different matter.

It has never been good military policy to prosecute soldiers
responsible for "friendly-fire" incidents because 1) it was an
accident, not intentional, and 2) you would have to prosecute 10% or
more of your military.

Alex

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Alexander M. Bielakowski
Ph.D. Candidate
Kansas State University
abielak@ksu.edu

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