I’m glad Bush isn’t repeating the disastrous mistakes Truman made.
In 1945, the US freed South Korea from Japan.
In 1949, President Truman withdrew our troops from S. Korea.
In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea and occupied much of the country.
In 1950, Truman sent US troops BACK to fight in Korea. Truman told the American people, via a radio address, that the US roops were going to fight a police action against bandits.
From June 1950 to January 1953, (the remaining 30 months of Truman’s presidency) 30,000 Americans died in Korea and the severest censorship in memory was imposed on US correspondence out of Korea.
*****The Korean War would not have taken place if Truman had not withdrawn our troops from South Korea. *****
We should have maintained a strong presence in South Korea, just as we did in Germany and Japan.
We should maintain a strong presence in Iraq.
“We should maintain a strong presence in Iraq.”
We will.