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To: PGR88
What exactly should Truman have done? Nuked Beijing?

In 1953, Eisenhower brought an end to the Korean War by threatening to do just that.

5 posted on 06/06/2023 7:56:09 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
In 1953, Eisenhower brought an end to the Korean War by threatening to do just that.

Stalin died in March 1953...The cease-fire was signed in Korea in July 1953...

I think China and North Korea were more willing to negotiate after Stalin died...

15 posted on 06/07/2023 1:26:18 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
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