Obama: 'Korea was a win'

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[dfwgator]

This “history” is being taught to the vast majority of our kids.

[GeronL]

They did not keep the Chinese/NK/Russian MiGs out of the south. Much of the south was overrun and the commies sacked and looted everything, they kidnapped people to the North and killed a list of those deemed enemies.

The US and allies had been pushed to a tiny toehold in the southern tip of the peninsula before they reinvaded behind much of the occupying forces. A historic amphibious landing that should be right there in the annals underneath D-Day (of course).

[GeronL]

In 1492 Abraham Muhammad bin Muhammad sailed the ocean blue....

[null and void]

So a war that legally is still ongoing after 50 years, one that has continual low-level combat, sabotage and infiltration, one who’s trenches are separated by a narrow band of the most heavily mined and booby trapped real estate on the planet is a victory?

Interesting insight into the mind of a [redacted]

[MasterGunner01]

There were NO winners in Korea. After three years of fighting, the front stabilized roughly on the prewar boundary of the 38th Parallel. There was a ceasefire, armistice, signed and it has remained in place for 60 years. There were NO winners, except there were a bunch of dead NorKs, Chinese, Americans and allies. Both North and South Korea were devastated. The difference was that South Korea recovered from the war and prospered. North Korea remains a total disaster.

[LS]

Actually, he’s right. Tactically it was a loss, but strategically US forces, fighting NK, Russian air, and Chinese ground, badly outnumbered and thousands of miles from home, regained all lost ground, denied the Soviets yet one more expansion, and did it all without nukes. Pretty damn impressive, and we make a more detailed argument for this in our forthcoming “Patriot’s History of the Modern World, vol 2, 1945-2012.”

[freekitty]

I agree