Re: Trouble with hands

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

You need to study World War Two history as it relates to 
Korea.  Simplistically, when the U.S. realized their part of Korea would 
need an interim government to replace the Japanese, the State Department 
began looking for an established political group to fill this need.  There 
wasn't much to choose from so they settled on a small Anti-Japanese group, 
the Hawaii-based "Korean Government in Exile( Not sure if this is the exact 
title or not but close.) led by Snygman Rhee but only after Rhee convinced 
them he was a devout believer in democratic government. (How wrong they 
were.)  By 1948, and time for elections to unify Korea, the Cold War was in 
full swing and North Korea showing signs it intended to make sure Korea was 
unified under a communist government.  This was not acceptable so the U.S. 
held its nose and supported Rhee's election so they could claim South Korea 
had a democratically elected government.  Also by 1948, the U.S. was in the 
process of pulling its troops out of Korea, which it did not consider of 
any real importance other than as a buffer to protect Japan from Communist 
expansion.  The result was North Korea was left in the grips of 
totalitarian communist regime and South Korea under a corrupt dictatorship, 
but supposedly democratic regime, something that was acceptable to 
politicians at that time, mainly because almost no one, except the troops 
who served there on occupation duty and few at State Department, knew where 
Korea was at the time.  In other words, Korea was way off the U.S. and 
world radar scopes.

And so the world went.......

Ed
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Co-author: Korean War Order of Battle, 1950-1953
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