My big
objection to the No Gun Ri story was that it was presented as some deep, dark
secret. Everyone in Korea was quite aware of the problems with civilians in
combat zones, and most of us knew that we could not save Korea if we allowed
enemy infiltrators behind us.
Gene
That is true Gene. It would
have been simpler if the refugees had headed north instead of south. Even the
North Korean refugees came south.
Bob
Dove
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Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 8:00
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Subject: RE: No Gun Ri
My
big objection to the No Gun Ri story was that it was presented as some deep,
dark secret. Everyone in Korea was quite aware of the problems with civilians
in combat zones, and most of us knew that we could not save Korea if we
allowed enemy infiltrators behind us.
Gene
I may have misread your original post, Cookie. It
seemed to me that you were tagging historians with the blame for the No Gun
Ri "story." Sorry.
Bateman's book is so far doing a pretty good job of
standing on its merits.
No argument here! But when
very obviously biased journalists pass off their "discoveries" as
"history" a true, objective, dedicated historian has to get out there as
fast as possible before their "discovery" becomes "fact" and then "Myth".
There are still the dimly aware who want to believe the worst and are
trying to discredit Mr. Bateman as a "shill" for the government, more's
the pity.
Cookie Sewell
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