What could we have done to win the Korean War?

Robbo_op_98

I thought we were still at war with them?!? A peace treaty was never signed, just a non aggression treaty. Hate to tell you, but we technically are still at war with North Korea. Oh and for fighting the USSR, China, and North Korea, the USA did pretty well.

Semper Fidelis

We went in there kicked *** and came home whooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

G-Man

We basically did, in the sense that we kept South Korea from being overun by the Communists.

Dawgz

I'm not sure that anything could have been done to actually win the war. It is technically a stalemate where the US, North Korea and China signed an Armistice Agreement...but North and South Korea have never actually reached an agreement which is why we still have US Forces stationed along the DMZ. If North Korea violates the DMZ, it will automatically be a Declaration of War involving the US.

I have an Uncle who fought in Korea and also in Vietnam for several tours of duty. His perception is that Korea was the worst both physically and mentally. Many folks attribute Vietnam as the worst and maybe from a Draftees point of view coming home to a very unsupportive public it was. But he wasn't a Draftee.

Bob

Check your history books pal. We kicked North Korea's *** and pushed them back. They were forced to ask for a cease fire and left South Korea alone. The U.S. Marines taught the North Korean troops what real fighting is all about. The Air Force shot down almost all of their fighters. We won.

Riro

In the sense that US was able to defend the South Korean, the US have won. But in the sense that they want to unify Korea and eliminate Communism not just in Korea but in the whole world, they obviously failed.

Gerald

Read the history book -- we did win the war. Along with United Nations help.

Victory Soldier

Listen to General MacAurthur and fire President Harry Truman instead of listening to President Harry Truman and firing General MacAurthur.

Kilroy

Um, we did win the Korean War. The premise of the Korean War was to repel an invasion of democratic South Korea by communist N. Korea. Notice that South Korea still exists today so the defense was successful. In fact, South Korea gained several hundred square miles of country as the north was pushed back.

Soujirou

Well, as a training military advisor, I think that continuing the war further would have been pointless. We didn't really need to win a war by conquering them. The Allies did manage to recover South Korea but failed to unit it. If we would have continue, the Chinese might have use its full force and the Soviet Union might would have enter. So we would have lost if we continue in my view.

flippinout989

We need to figure out how to effectively and ethically combat Guerilla Warfare, something I don't think we'll ever figure out.

Dude D

are you north korean or chinese, because the United states won the Korean war.

piegowdealer

Win!!! We're lucky we didn't get pushed back into the sea without landing craft to pick us up. it could have been worse than Dunkirk.

I guess we could have taken them seriously and nuked them?

Bob S

truyman and congress should of allowed Gen Mc Carthur do what he was supposed to do. We would not live in fear of north korea or china today. Ever since ww2 we do not seem to get into wars to really win anymore.

Bob D

big mushroom clouds..

IrishLad

nuke em

desertviking_00

It wasn't a war. It was the first Peace Enforcement Mission organized by the UN Security Council under the authority granted it by Chapter Seven of the UN Charter. The supporting Security Council resolution called for the mission commander (General MacArthur) to take all necessary actions to restore the state of things which existed on the Korean Peninsula prior to North Korea's invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950. Within three weeks of the amphibious landings at Inchon, MacArthur had driven all the North Korean forces back into North Korea and had, in fact, accomplished the objective given him by the Security Council. So, by Thanksgiving of 1950, the "war" had been won. But, peace enforcement versus war was a new concept and one could forgive MacArthur for not understanding the difference. In pursuing those North Korean forces to the area near the Yalu River it brought the Chinese into the fray and a lot more bloody fighting happened.

ragnarok160

honestly nuking them now would be smart. the spend like less then 40 bil on exports a year and most of there factorys are abandoned and the few standing make weapons. if it wasent for the fact that korea had there own nukes we whould have wiped em off the map years ago. the second one of those paranoid retards nukes sk there historPr

ragnarok160

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