2006-07-21 18:53:15 · 10 answers · asked by Ronald Reagan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm sure there will be some follow up question to all these?
2006-07-21 19:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm just going to be a wiseacre on the main question; Truman was obviously clairvoyant, and knew that North Korea was GOING to attack us, so it was a pre-emptive movement. Maybe Eleanor Roosevelt was communicating with Hilary Clinton, who gave them the heads-up.
POKI POKI; you were really sleeping through history, obviously. We were totally uninvolved in the start of both world wars and the Vietnam conflict. About the only wars we came close to 'starting' were the Revolutionary War and, maybe, the Spanish American War. The Maine might have been an accident, but the tensions were already there.
2006-07-22 02:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by Raffy_AdAstra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was basically a proxy war. North Korea never attacked us. They did however attack South Korea in an attempt to unify the country. The USSR was fighting vicariously through N. Korea as we were through S. Korea. I don't think wether they attacked us or not entered anyones mind except the soldiers fighting there.
2006-07-22 02:05:58 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but they attacked an ally and non-communist nation in south korea. After WWII our main goal and focus was to stop the spread of communism by any means. This also covered Vietnam and many CIA assasinations in central american countries at the time.
2006-07-22 01:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by korn_issues_29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Korea never attacked us directly, the Korean War was a part of the communist containment policy. Fought so that we didn't start completely losing Asia to communist alliance forces.
2006-07-22 01:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by quasixonomo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but arguably we were obligated to aid South Korea when it was attacked by North Korea, and this was authorized by the United Nations.
2006-07-22 01:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America has alwabeen looking for a fight to become the world's super power. 1st it was the world war, 2nd it was communism 3rd it's the war on terror.
wars = money and influence
2006-07-22 02:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iraq didn't attack us either. The terrorists were from Pakistan and Syria. Bush wouldn't dare attack those countries though, because they would actually fight back.
2006-07-22 02:00:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they never attacked. It was out of fear of the Soviets that the USA got into that
2006-07-22 01:57:10 · answer #9 · answered by Ferret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they never did.
2006-07-22 01:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by jeffsilver_25 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋