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Old 08-11-2007, 01:09 PM
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Default Re: Poll: who started the Korean war in 1950

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op is horrible.

Nielso obv thinks U.S. started Korean War

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I suppose if you artificially start the history of the region at the Potsdam Conference then the US and USSR did create the circumstances that led to the KW. Of course, if they didnt create those circustances, there would be no Korea or Koreans left, just a few slaves of the Japanese and a lot more mass graves. Of course, in Nielso's worldview that is utopia, and US intervention ruined it.

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If you want credit for rescuing a nation, which the US certainly deserves, then you also get blame when you turn your back on your own principles once you vanquish that nation's oppressors.

US liberated Korea = good

US arbitrarily dividing Korea with USSR w/o any input by Koreans = bad

Your world is always black or white. But guess what? It's gray. And US is often in the gray, not shining proudly in white.
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