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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wasn’t the Korean War a UN action of which the US was only a player? *big player.


15 posted on 08/09/2018 11:57:41 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Heaven has a wall and strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders--seen on a tee shirt)
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To: Rebelbase

Yes we committed many more troops than the other United Nations allies, except for South Korea itself. We were able to get a Security Council vote to intervene because the Soviet Union was boycotting to get Taiwan replaced by Red China in the United Nations.


21 posted on 08/09/2018 12:06:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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