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To: RealMuLan who wrote (12327)	6/17/1999 8:38:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (3) of 17770

Yiwu, After reading several of your posts I feel that you are quite the history buff so I will answer your question about the alternative history of the Korean War (peacekeeping mission). I believe that General Macarthur wanted to fight a total war and reunite the Koreans. After the Inchon landing, North Korean troops proved to be little match for US Forces. The UN/US forces swept up the peninsula and pretty much had quashed resistence when Mao sent 300,000 troops over the river to stop North Korea from collapse. At this point, Truman and Macarthur faced a real problem, either fight a major war, or strike a peace deal. Macarthur wanted to start using nuclear weapons to smash the Chinese offensive while Truman was aware of the political fallout of having this war escalate on a war-weary public. He opted for a political solution and the war ended. The $20,000 dollar question is whether nuclear weapons would have accomplished a military victory. I am not much of an alternative historian but I believe that probably it would have. While Mao was willing to expend millions of lives, he would not do it in futility. I think he would have allowed Korea to be taken rather than deal with a radioactive PLA. -John

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