Re: United Nations

["DONALD KILMER" <donskil@msn.com>]

Cookie,

Thanks for finding the Soviet rationale behind John2's otherwise
inscrutable legal parody.

Regards,
Don


>From: <AMPSOne@aol.com>
>Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
>Subject: Re: United Nations
>Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:41:34 EST
>
>In a message dated 2/25/2002 4:51:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>donskil@msn.com writes:
>
>
> > The USSR and the PRC were not "sucked" into the war.
> > They were consulted extensively by Kim Il Sung
> > on his plans for the invasion of the south. They gave their
> > full approval and promise of continued materiel support,
> > and the Soviets developed the military plan for the
> > invasion.  Both the USSR and the PRC released Korean
> > ethnic troops from their armies for participation
> > in the invasion.  Once the invasion was defeated, and
> > the communists were on the verge of complete defeat,
> > the PRC and the USSR made good their promises of support,
> > if Kim were to get into trouble.  Albeit, they did not
> > expect the U.S. to enter the war and their client to
> > be so completely defeated.  It is clear, however, that
> > Stalin was testing the waters for military exploits in
> > other areas of the world.
> >
>
>Don,
>
>Most contemporary accounts indicate it was the other way around -- Kim 
>sucked
>THEM into supporting his adventures by playing Mao and Stalin off against
>each other. Chinese offered up training bases and other logistics and 
>Soviets
>offered up weapons, to include tanks, artillery up to 76mm caliber, and 
>over
>200 aircraft (86 post-war metal Yak-9s and 86 Il-10s, but only training for
>less than 70 pilots!)
>
>John2's arguments are turning more Soviet -- unilateral action can only be
>taken to support "just wars" like "Wars of National Liberation" which is 
>how
>they classified Korea. Defending oneself, and calling on one's allies for
>aid, whether the government is a right-wing dictatorship or a democratic 
>repu
>blic, doesn't enter into the picture when denigrating the right of
>self-defense on the part of the Communists.
>
>Cookie Sewell
>AMPS
>
>




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