Monday, January 26, 2015

Did the U.S. accomplish the goals that it had for the Korean War?

This depends on what you think the goals of this war
were.  They were different for different Americans at different
times.


For example, some Americans wanted to use the Korean
War to attack China and end communism there.  Clearly, the war did not accomplish this
goal.  So, if you think the goal of the war was to end communism in North Korea and/or
China (which it was for some Americans) then the US did not achieve its
goals.


However, it can be argued that the goal of the war
was to throw back the North Korean invasion and to maintain South Korea as an
independent nation.  If this was the US's goal, then the war clearly succeeded in
achieving it.


The question of the US's success, then,
depends on what one sees as the goals of this war.

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