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And get China really involved (as you said), and the Soviet Union too? The resulting nuclear war probably would have killed everyone in North Korea, like half of China, and millions in Russia, Europe, and America. Who knows when the war would have ended. It's a good thing that Truman fired MacArthur before he did something stupid.
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2013-03-08, 06:01 | Link #207 | |
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2013-03-08, 07:26 | Link #210 | |
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Basically, it's good that countries don't see the nuclear bomb as a weapon that you can ever actually use. |
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What did it say? Best Korea Strongest?
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2013-03-08, 08:08 | Link #216 | |
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Now the reason why this didn't happen with the war against Japan was because the nuclear bomb was completely new at the time of use, and because it wasn't actually the reason for America defeating Japan -- it was simply a way to a) save the US army the human cost of invasion and b) to show everyone else how powerful we are. So it was a special case, and not used as a normal weapon. But in Korea MacArthur would have used many nuclear bombs in the same way that he used conventional bombs. That is the kind of thing that really needs to be avoided. |
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2013-03-08, 08:26 | Link #218 | |
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Remember, just 3 years before it the Chinese were fighting the Koreans (under the Japanese) alongside alongside the Americans, and now both parties have turned on each other. It would fragment the alliances made throughout the world in an effort to stop the Axis, and result in WWIII.
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2013-03-08, 12:03 | Link #220 | |
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Now the issue is that American being Americans, we would probably use many as it takes to get the job done, plus bomb China a few dozens of times, which is very bad news for the local population. |
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