The Korean War is often remembered for being forgotten, sandwiched between WWII and the Vietnam War. But the deadly Cold War conflict was immensely important, and plenty of strange things happened. Here are some of the weirdest things that happened during the Korean War.
Of all the major players in the forgotten war, Donald Nichols might be the one America tried hardest to forget. His knack for languages and complete lack of conscience helped him gain favor with South Korean strongman Syngman Rhee.
Cold and calculating, he would make himself indispensable to U.S. and South Korean forces during the war.
Thanks to a North Korean defector with stolen military codebooks, Nichols had the means to decipher enemy communications and foil their operations. Rather than sharing that crucial info with intelligence agencies, he formed his own group of codebreakers, forcing the U.S. and South Korea to rely on him. Because of how important he was, Nichols literally got away with murder. When subordinates disagreed with him he shoved them out of airplanes and off of boats. He even had a shoot-out with his own agents. After the war the U.S. military got sick of Nichols and had him placed in a straitjacket and subjected to months of electroshock therapy.
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Poster Comment:
Buried deep in this frothy narrative is he revelation that 1/10 of Korea's population died in the 'Korean' war. Amurrica is death-guilty there too, but expects to call the shots in the peninsula for the rest of time.
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Darkwing posted on 2021-02-19 05:46:02 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-02-19 10:26:52 Reply Private Reply
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Who really started the Korean War
Ada posted on 2021-02-19 12:21:29 Reply Private Reply
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I wonder what it means about Rhee killisng his leftist political opponents -- what were they made of? Were they commies as in Chile or just ppl who'd had enuff of him. Fateful final para:
North Korea is dangerously unstable, with a significant movement within the military against the rule of Kim Jong-un, the third member of the IL Sungist dynasty to take the reins of power. There have been episodic reports of gun battles between rival military units, and this, combined with North Korea’s dire economic straits, has the potential to spark an explosion sooner or later – and inevitably draw in the South. Having isolated the North Koreans, who have in turn isolated themselves, the West has limited its ability to have much of an effect on the ground.
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en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Bricker_Amendment
The Bricker Amendment is the collective name of a number of slightly different proposed amendments to the United States Constitution considered by the United States Senate in the 1950s. None of these amendments ever passed Congress. Each of them would require explicit congressional approval, especially for executive agreements that did not require the Senate's two-thirds approval for treaty. They are named for their sponsor, conservative Republican Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio, who distrusted the exclusive powers of the president to involve America beyond the wishes of Congress
Simply asking the govt to obey the Constitution was considered too radical. Georgie Bush's name will live forever -- hero Bricker's will languish in isolationist" obscurity.
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