The War in Korea 1950-1953 by Wayne Vansant

The fact that many lives were lost and the 'border' returned only to the Status quo antebellum is proof to me that this war was another example of states sacrificing the lives of their citizens without reason. You could make quite fair arguments on behalf of both the North or the South, or the Russians, or the US for that matter. Thus, this point is secondary to the first point of if the United States had any right to be in Korea, which I believe that they had no right to be in. I do not think that the United States forces ought to have been in North OR South Korea at all. But experts said the military conflict could not be properly understood. Non intervention and non violence is the only legitimate policy.ĭo you think the United States-led forces ought to have crossed into North Korea? The Korean War began when North Korean troops pushed into South Korea on June 25, 1950, and it lasted until 1953. If people in South Korea wanted to leave, we should have offered them free access and the means to immigrate to the US, that is the extent of the US foreign policy that I would support.

There is no way to know with certainty, but I do not think it was appropriate for the United States to intervene. Perhaps all of Korea would have gone communist, but then perhaps later they would have rebelled in unity and had a strong united free Korea today. The Korean War was a United Nations affair. It is impossible for us to know with certainty what would have happened. About 54 thousand of the 5 million American service men and women who served in the Korean War were killed. Was the United States wise to fight in Korea? If Truman hadn’t contained communism in Korea what might the consequences have been?

The War in Korea 1950-1953 by Wayne Vansant