Massive Retaliation is 60 years old.
Dulles may have deliberately chosen January 12 to deliver this speech because on that same date in 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, his predecessor, gave his infamous Perimeter speech in which he excluded South Korea from our defense perimiter, a blunder which may have been a factor in North Korea's decision to attack the South six months later.
1 posted on
01/12/2014 2:41:14 PM PST by
Fiji Hill
To: Fiji Hill
Ike was a wise man and underrated president.
To: Fiji Hill
Massive Retaliation is 60 years old. It is now "Massive Appeasement & Apology".
3 posted on
01/12/2014 2:58:28 PM PST by
ChildOfThe60s
((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: Fiji Hill; KC_Lion
They named an airport after this guy and the left hasn't made a fuss about changing the name?
Yes, in WW2 and beyond the unfortunate US policy totally ignored Korea until it was almost too late
4 posted on
01/12/2014 3:01:04 PM PST by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Fiji Hill
5 posted on
01/12/2014 3:29:06 PM PST by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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