05 Jan 10
Originally posted by FMFIIRC, MacArthur wanted to A-bomb China, the insistence on which eventually got him fired by Truman.
The U.S. may have come quite close to using A-Bombs to end the Korean War.
Would it have been justified?
Would it have ended the war?
What would have been the impact on geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond?
Speculate.
Justified? Who knows? It would have been a stupid geopolitical though. A-bombing NK or China would have made a permanent (or at least long term) enemy of China, which is never a good strategy. China was not like Japan. They didn't launch a sneak attack on the US navy at anchor and they were not hell bent on asserting their hegemony across the far east. The merely didn't want US soldiers running rampant to their border. Truman showed considerable wisdom while prosecuting the Korean war in dealing as delicately as possible with the Chinese.
05 Jan 10
Originally posted by FMFI don't suppose anyone from your family was even involved?
The U.S. may have come quite close to using A-Bombs to end the Korean War.
Would it have been justified?
Would it have ended the war?
What would have been the impact on geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond?
Speculate.
No it wouldn't have been justified.
05 Jan 10
Originally posted by FMFIt probably would have been more militarily justified to use atomic bombs against Communist China at a time when they had just inflicted a severe military defeat on the US and UN forces then it was to massacre Japanese civilians at a time when their country was militarily beaten.
The U.S. may have come quite close to using A-Bombs to end the Korean War.
Would it have been justified?
Would it have ended the war?
What would have been the impact on geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond?
Speculate.
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by FMFIt is never justified to use nuklear weapons.
The U.S. may have come quite close to using A-Bombs to end the Korean War.
Would it have been justified?
Would it have ended the war?
What would have been the impact on geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond?
Speculate.
It is never justified to kill innocent civilians.
Never!
Only criminal states use nuklear weapons against civilians!
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by FabianFnasThe proposals by US military leaders in the Korean War generally called for the use of A-bombs against clearly military targets: troop concentrations, airfields, etc. etc. Would it be "never justified to use nuclear weapons" against such targets?
It is never justified to use nuklear weapons.
It is never justified to kill innocent civilians.
Never!
Only criminal states use nuklear weapons against civilians!
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by FMFSorry for your loss, my Dad and Uncle came back.
I had an uncle who died in the Korean War.
Besides, surely 'geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond' affected everyone.
I still do not think dropping the bomb would have ben a smart thing,, see above comments, need go no further
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by Hugh GlassI suppose I ran away at the mouth in my OP. Too many questions. The interesting question I think is "What would have been the impact on geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond? Speculate." And I should have stuck only that out there.
I still do not think dropping the bomb would have ben a smart thing,, see above comments, need go no further
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by no1marauderAsk the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki about their strategic concentration of targets justified their deaths?
The proposals by US military leaders in the Korean War generally called for the use of A-bombs against clearly military targets: troop concentrations, airfields, etc. etc. Would it be "never justified to use nuclear weapons" against such targets?
You know, even Iran has strategic concentration of targets in Israel. Have they the right to use theirs? If not, why have any others the right to use theirs?
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by FMFIt's never justified. It's a deliberate attempt to kill civilians. That's illegal.
The U.S. may have come quite close to using A-Bombs to end the Korean War.
Would it have been justified?
Would it have ended the war?
What would have been the impact on geopolitics in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond?
Speculate.
06 Jan 10
Originally posted by shavixmiragreed,
It's never justified. It's a deliberate attempt to kill civilians. That's illegal.
man shavixmir, don't take this personal.
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