The Revisioning of the Korean War Continues
The revisionist history of the Korean War continues:
A Korean professor’s web-based newspaper column is causing controversy after he wrote on Wednesday that without the U.S.’s intervention, the Korean War would have ended earlier and suffered fewer casualties.
Kang Jeong-ku, a sociology professor at Dongguk University, wrote on an Internet newspaper that casualties during the Korean War were so high because U.S. military forces intervened unnecessarily with the civil war and slaughtered innocent civilians.
“If the U.S. had not have intervened in the civil war which was intended to unite the two Koreas … the war would have ended in a month and the causalities would have reached less than 10.000,” Kang wrote on the Daily Surprise.
Anyone now wonder where the youth in this country get such distorted views of the American involvement in the Korean War? The communists have taken over the educational system here. I just love how this guy focuses on the US military’s alleged slaughter of innocent civilians with no mention of similar killings of civilians by both the ROK Army, North Korean Army, Chinese Army, and other international troops in Korea. Once again it is only America that kills civilians.
Actually reading through this article this professor is actually right in part. If the US did not get involved in the Korean War, less people would of died during the war and the peninsula would of been united. Cannot dispute that. Kim Il Sung’s statue would be in Inchon right now instead of MacArthur’s and everyone could be singing their juche love songs to him right now.
However, I am willing to argue that more people would of died over the past 50 years overall since the Korean War due to increased political purges, starvations, and mismanagement of the economy. I wouldn’t call the Juche economy the most successful of economic models. I’m sure that Professor Kang would agree that; that is America’s fault some how too.
I think this calls for a official response by the US ambassador or the State Department.
In fact, I wish the Commander USFK and the ambassador would hold a joint news conference, with the blessing of the President, the SecDef, and the SecState.
And do a comprehensive statement of the actual situation in 1950, (similar to what you like to do here with historical events GI).
Not that I give a good goddamn anymore about what the citizens of the ROK think, just that it's time for Americans to stop acting like the pledges in Animal House (thank you sir may I have another).
Then bring the troops home, the sooner the better. Reunification — it can't come a moment too soon.
The Koreans need to figure out what the hell they want. If they want us off the peninsula, then they need to grow the balls and say "Hey, thanks for helping us out, but we got if from here."
GIs, why did you get angry after reading this? Besides minor points, he is right.
1. Yes, it is true that the peninsulla would've been united under the Kim Il Sung's rule, if the U.S. did not intervene.
2. Yes, it is true that the war casualities would have been less than 10,000, if the U.S. did not intervene. Then, most of South Korean civilians would've been dead for hanger or sent to concentration camps.
That's the situation the South Koreans wanted to see. If MacArthur didn't get involved in the peninsula, surely they could live in their *heaven*. Let them *rise* to their desire….