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To: fabian
Nice...really criminal how Truman stopped MacArthur from freeing ALL of Korea.

Well, the Chinese had already pretty much put an end to that before Truman fired him

74 posted on 04/05/2013 6:53:47 PM PDT by AzSteven ("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
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To: AzSteven; fabian
...Truman stopped MacArthur from freeing ALL of Korea.

Well, the Chinese had already pretty much put an end to that before Truman fired him

Macarthur had said it was impossible for China to invade Korea.  After China did just that, Mac said it would be impossible to retake So. Korea without first nuking China.  Wrong again, but the big problem was that he then disobeyed a direct order to stay clear of the press.  Truman had no choice but to send in Ridgeway to clean up the mess.

83 posted on 04/05/2013 7:09:37 PM PDT by expat_panama
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