Look up who fought the Korean war. Hint: UN.

Post #35,013 by a6l6e6x 4/10/02 5:31:54 PM Reply	Look up who fought the Korean war. Hint: UN. The Soviet Union learned not to skip Security Council meetings. Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #35,021 by bbronson 4/10/02 6:19:13 PM Reply	Not the best example, IMO The Korean War is not over. They've been living under a cease fire agreement since 1953; not a peace. And it isn't UN troops manning the border; it's ROK and US troops. Brian Bronson
Post #35,036 by a6l6e6x 4/10/02 8:25:55 PM Reply	But the North Korean invasion was undone. You are right it was (and is) primarily US and ROK. But, when it was a hot war the UN Command (UNC) consisted of 16 countries: The UNC combatants included Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the [link\|http://www.geocities.com/peftok/Oneofthefirst.html\|Philippines], South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Excluding the United States and the ROK, casualties among the 15 other UNC combatants totaled over 3,000 killed in action and close to 14,000 wounded and missing in action. Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #35,039 by bbronson 4/10/02 8:59:37 PM Reply	Yup. But it isn't over because nobody 'won' the war BTW, wasn't attempting to belittle or ignore the contributions of all the countries that fought on the UN side. I was just referring to the situation since the cease fire. Peacekeepers under the UN aren't allowed to win anything; just maintain the status quo. And because Korea was a UN operation, nothing was ultimately decided, for good or bad. Brian Bronson

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