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The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever

since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World

War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States

troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces

The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was

because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under

Dwight Eisenhower, said that it would be best if we entered the

war. At the time Dulles was a special advisor to the Secretary of

State Acheson. Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war.

Dulles sent a message to Acheson that if the South Koreans start

losing and cannot hold back the North Koreans, they should send in

United States forces. He said to do so, "even though this risks

Russian counter moves. To sit by while Korea is overrun by

unprovoked armed attack would start a disaster chain even leading

most probably to World War III." When Dulles got back to

Washington he specified that he meant sending in United States Air

Almost immediately after getting word of the invasion, Ache

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This upset the

United States which wanted the region to have a democratic

government, rather than the existing dictatorship.

I feel that the Korean War was a tragedy. "Korean War", Encyclopedia Britannica. The First War We Lost, page 57

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The United States took all of Korea below the 38th Parallel and

Russia took everything else. Our

involvement began with Korea dates back to when we dropped the atom

bomb in Hiroshima, Japan and the defeated Japanese gave up Korea. I do, however, think it was

important to stop communism, so if the United States would have

tried alternating peace methods and still did not succeed, then

sending in the troops was acceptable and important.

In December 1943 the United States, China and Great Britain

made a promise to Synyman Rhee during World War II that Korea would

be given its independence "in due course" after World War II. Truman,

had announced that he had ordered U. Muccio, the United States asked for a meeting of the United

Nations Security Council, which had been formed just five years

before , to discuss the matter on hand.

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