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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Perhaps the times are a changin?
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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
The USA fought a war against N. Korea and China 1950-1953. It ended in a draw. My thinking is we are less prepared than we were then and they are more prepared.
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We weren't prepared at all back then. Entire rifle companies were sent to confront the N. Korean invasion and were lost - mowed down due to the fact that they were facing off with Communist tanks and artillery with just their M1 carbines.
When the territory was retaken later, the roads were found lined in places with the bodies of American soldiers who had obviously been taken prisoner. Their arms were tied behind their backs with barbed wire and they were all either shot in the head or bludgeoned to death to save the bullet.
When MacArthur executed the Inchon landing and took Seoul he outflanked the entire N. Korean army and sent them running back to the north. American forces drove them all the way across the Yalu River and into China and were ready to start mopping up. Then, one million Chinese "volunteers" crossed the border and drove the beleaguered Americans back to appropriately the exact line that exists today.
We weren't ready then. Not even close. We were lucky to have MacArthur and his amphibious skill to turn the tide. Then we had to fire him of course because he wanted to nuke the Chinese "volunteers" in order to save American lives.