Re: Korean War & Vietnam War

[Robert <wanaki@infi.net>]

JK, to imagine that the SK's initiated the war, one must presume that Rhee
would hunt mountain lions with pea shooters. Rhee was well aware of the Military
Strength of the North. No doubt there were cross border incidents prior to
the NKPA attack, but the North was the perpetrator of the war. The South
sure as hell didn't invade the North.

Jhk789@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/28/2002 12:00:56
> AM Pacific Standard Time, SDonell73@aol.com writes: 
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> > It helps to be aware of history before
> > bleating out such mindless clap trap.  
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> Sandy, 
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> I guess we just have a different perspective on the War.  
> Please don't pretend that you know more about Korean War 
> than others in this List!  We need to be a little more humble in 
> acknowledging our ignorance about the origin of the War. 
>  
> Although many Americans assume that the North attacked the South on 
> June 25, there have been some good scholars and journalists, like IF Stone, 
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> who thought that the South initiated the attack. And I don't think 
> we can definitely say as yet that their theory is completely wrong. 
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> jk