"thunder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 May 2005 19:05:23 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Of course. And that's one of the reasons why Truman didn't allow
MacArthur to push past the 38th parallel, once he had driven the N.
Koreans back to it.

Uh, you may want to consider reading a little about the Korean War. We
did push past the 38th parallel, way past. China didn't enter the war
until we were approaching the Yalu River.

The Chinese were neck-deep in things from the beginning. China gave its
blessings for the start of the war to Kim, and then supplied the North
Koreans during the early months of the war. They were an active participant
from the very beginning. MacArthur wanted to hit supply depots in China, and
Truman refused. Yes, MacArthur pushed north to the Yalu, but it was against
Truman's orders. That's why I said that "Truman didn't allow MacArthur to
push past the 38th". Six months later, MacArthur was removed from command.



Oh, and MacArthur may have been
a great General, but he forgot, in this country, the President is the
Commander in Chief..

True.





Why didn't we send ground forces north of the 17th parallel? Why didn't
we bomb the hell out of the North with our B-52's?

LOL, perhaps it is because the B-52 wasn't quite yet in our inventory.


LOL? The reference to the 17th parallel had to do with my discussion with
Doug about Vietnam. Korea didn't have a "17th parallel". That should have
been your first clue.

And the B-52 was very much in our inventory during the Vietnam war.