The right war in the right place at the right time

[<RonaldS842@aol.com>]

   For a litle war which was sandwiched in between WWII and the Vietnam War 
and overshadowed by the Cold War the Korean war proved some interesting 
things. It deserves more credit than it has gotten.
   IMHO it was the right war, at the right place, at exactly the right time.
   Half the war, some fifteen months, was fought over the issue of 
reparations. But for that sticking point, the negotiations could have been 
concluded in early 1952. For the Americans, that meant that they were 
fighting for the right of some of their former enemies, their captives, to 
avoid return to either Communist China or Communist North Korea at war's end. 
During this time, the U.N. suffered 125,000 casualties, a human cost thaat 
represented more than twice the 50,000 Communists desiring not to be 
repriated. 
   There are few, if any, more unselfish, principled examples in the long 
history of warfare.

Ronald Schultz
Moraga, CA