re: "... had victory been a goal"

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Fox — 4/30/2004 2:21:34 AM (archived)

Truman fired McArthur over that very issue, didn't he . . .

Was it because victory was anathema?

Or was it because McArthur's plan would have been met with the full force (at the time, mostly overhwelming numbers) of the PRC, and led to real defeat, instead of a fifty-year armistice?

I was 3 years old at the time, and haven't yet made the "Police Action" a subject of study, so I am asking for real, not rhetorically.

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A perspective from past wars. . . ` - Justin Kelly - 4/27/2004 2:36:18 AM
- The Korean War was fought under Truman, a Democrat. - Mary Anne - 4/29/2004 11:22:55 AM
  - And Eisenhower, a Republican - Larry J - 4/29/2004 1:34:59 PM
    - re: "... had victory been a goal" - Fox - 4/30/2004 2:21:34 AM
      - re: "... had victory been a goal" - Larry J - 4/30/2004 1:50:01 PM
- I believe most Americans agree Justin - FrankC - 4/27/2004 3:04:40 AM

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