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From: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Arming our Forces
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 22:55:18 EDT
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In article <2101@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
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>You have entirely forgotten Korea.  Even though I've raised it several
>times.  That was a full-scale war and we were in it in a big way.

So, why were "we" in Korea (I wasn't born when the war started)?
The Americans think it was their own war anyway (just like they
forget the War of 1812 when they claim that Vietnam was the
first war they'd lost).

The results of "winning" the war are unclear.
North Korea is certainly not a nice place.  But neither is
South Korea.  I've been there - the police/army are everywhere,
there is much poverty and very little freedom (letters to
and from were routinely opened).  Lots of corruption too.
The government gets away with this because everyone is afraid
of the Communists to the north.
So, why did we get involved in the war?