[Monty22]

Why we didn't go to war with the USSR for using Mig-15 pilots (Soviet pilots) and declare war on China for getting involved I'll never know.

Bonehead mistake on Truman's part. Kennedy wouldn't have put up with that, nor Reagan or Bush.

So now we face the elimination of Seoul, Tokyo, and possibly US cities over this blunder. If China gets involved again, we'd be fools not to declare war on them and use tactical nuclear weapons on their incoming soldiers. This may lead to a pretty decent sized nuclear war, but the alternative is far worse.

[Pharmboy]

We must make it CRYSTAL clear to the NKs that if any US city is touched by nuclear weaponry that originated in NK, they will all be vaporized. Period.

[RightWhale]

If China gets involved again, we'd be fools not to declare war on them

I suspect that China will be on board to some degree. If China is involved militarily they should be working with us. If it is otherwise, everyone is in for some rough times and it won't be over soon.

[Filibuster_60]

Why we didn't go to war with the USSR for using Mig-15 pilots (Soviet pilots) and declare war on China for getting involved I'll never know.

Simple answer: We didn't want another world war only 5 years after the last one ended. Defeating the Communist bloc would have required millions of US troops and tens of billions of dollars - at a time when the American people were only beginning to enjoy the fruits of the post-WWII economic boom. It was made worse by the fact that the USSR had acquired nukes, even if it didn't yet have the missiles to deliver them.

There was really just a 4-year-window - 1945 to 1949 - to strike the Communist alliance decisively, before we lost our monopoly on atomic weaponry. After that, the costs of defeating Communism simply outweighed whatever material benefits it would have brought us.

[BikerNYC]

This may lead to a pretty decent sized nuclear war, but the alternative is far worse.

Okay. I'll bite. What's the alternative that's far worse?

[jpsb]

Truman was a fool. MacAuthur was correct

[lawdude]

"This may lead to a pretty decent sized nuclear war, but the alternative is far worse."

And if a dem is in the CIC chair, he will fold like a cheap tent! THAT is my biggest fear.