Comments on: That North Korean Bomb Test http://neveryetmelted.com/2006/10/09/that-north-korean-bomb-test/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Thermage http://neveryetmelted.com/2006/10/09/that-north-korean-bomb-test/comment-page-1/#comment-89311 Thermage Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:36:12 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=1693#comment-89311 very gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood site.... very gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood site….

]]> By: BadTux http://neveryetmelted.com/2006/10/09/that-north-korean-bomb-test/comment-page-1/#comment-53215 BadTux Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:53:38 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=1693#comment-53215 Excuse me, but Truman was President only for the first two years of the Korean War. Where's the love for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was the President for the last two years of the war?! Apparently President Eisenhower agreed with Truman that nuking China was likely to result in the Soviets intervening directly -- and with two divisions that should have been in Europe to hold off the Soviets instead being in Korea to hold off the Chinese, that would have meant nuclear war in Europe as we nuked the invading Soviet troops (we certainly couldn't have stopped them short of nukes with the undermanned underequipped divisions left in Europe) and the invading Soviets promptly turned all of Western Europe's major cities into radioactive rubble (the Soviets *did* have the bomb, remember?). Some "victory" that would have been... "winning" but everyone we were supposedly defending turned into radioactive mist?! I don't know what the solution to the Korean issue could have been. But given that Ike could have called Macarthur back to finish the job and didn't, it's hard to blame Truman alone. And given that a very smart man (Ike) apparently agreed with Truman about the proper course of the war means that maybe, just maybe, both of them were right? Excuse me, but Truman was President only for the first two years of the Korean War. Where’s the love for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was the President for the last two years of the war?! Apparently President Eisenhower agreed with Truman that nuking China was likely to result in the Soviets intervening directly—and with two divisions that should have been in Europe to hold off the Soviets instead being in Korea to hold off the Chinese, that would have meant nuclear war in Europe as we nuked the invading Soviet troops (we certainly couldn’t have stopped them short of nukes with the undermanned underequipped divisions left in Europe) and the invading Soviets promptly turned all of Western Europe’s major cities into radioactive rubble (the Soviets did have the bomb, remember?). Some “victory” that would have been… “winning” but everyone we were supposedly defending turned into radioactive mist?!

I don’t know what the solution to the Korean issue could have been. But given that Ike could have called Macarthur back to finish the job and didn’t, it’s hard to blame Truman alone. And given that a very smart man (Ike) apparently agreed with Truman about the proper course of the war means that maybe, just maybe, both of them were right?

]]> By: Balloon Juice http://neveryetmelted.com/2006/10/09/that-north-korean-bomb-test/comment-page-1/#comment-53166 Balloon Juice Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:45:47 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=1693#comment-53166 [...] Tim (excuse me, Grima Wormtongue) discussed this last night in depth, and Glenn Greenwald has more today, but this story certainly will be the topic of much discussion: [...] [...] Tim (excuse me, Grima Wormtongue) discussed this last night in depth, and Glenn Greenwald has more today, but this story certainly will be the topic of much discussion: [...]

]]> By: The Pirate http://neveryetmelted.com/2006/10/09/that-north-korean-bomb-test/comment-page-1/#comment-52775 The Pirate Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:33:54 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=1693#comment-52775 Right, because letting MacArthur nuke China back to the Han Dynasty was a perfectly rational idea and not at all batshit insane. Right, because letting MacArthur nuke China back to the Han Dynasty was a perfectly rational idea and not at all batshit insane.

]]> By: The Other Steve http://neveryetmelted.com/2006/10/09/that-north-korean-bomb-test/comment-page-1/#comment-52765 The Other Steve Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:01:29 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=1693#comment-52765 But isn't it really Herbert Hoover's fault? I mean when you really look at this from all angles, all the shit flows right back to Hoover. That explanation certainly makes more sense than blaming Truman. But isn’t it really Herbert Hoover’s fault?

I mean when you really look at this from all angles, all the shit flows right back to Hoover.

That explanation certainly makes more sense than blaming Truman.

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