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**denSmumbSes** · 04-08-2009, 08:42 AM

I War, but not the second one. War can be justified to stop genocide and territorial aggression. Korea and Vietnam were civil wars we should have left alone.

Now how are those "Civil Wars"?

Korea was partitioned into 2 nations in 1943 under the Cairo Declaration. Before that it was a protectorate of Japan (1905-1945). Before that, it was a sattellite of the Chinese Empire.

With the end of World War II, Korea became 2 nations. And it remains that way to this day, with both nations having representatives in the UN. What you call a "Civil War" was an invasion. It was as much of a CIvil War as Iraq trying to take over Iran or Kuwait, claiming that traditionally they were the same empire.

The same goes with Vietnam. Partitioned in 1954 by the Geneva Conference, the North invaded because they wanted control of the entire nation. In fact, over 793,000 fled the newly formed "North Vietnam" in 1954 when the nation was given it's independence.

It was more of the same, a Communist nation attacking a neighbor because they wanted to control everything.

And if you believe that, then you should accept the rights of Germany to annex Prussia, Austria, the Saar region, Rhineland, Sudetenland, and eventually Czechoslovakia and Poland. Because even though these were independent nations, they were all once part of Germany. Therefore it had every right to seize them back.

04-08-2009, 08:42 AM	#40
denSmumbSes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	I War, but not the second one. War can be justified to stop genocide and territorial aggression. Korea and Vietnam were civil wars we should have left alone. Now how are those "Civil Wars"? Korea was partitioned into 2 nations in 1943 under the Cairo Declaration. Before that it was a protectorate of Japan (1905-1945). Before that, it was a sattellite of the Chinese Empire. With the end of World War II, Korea became 2 nations. And it remains that way to this day, with both nations having representatives in the UN. What you call a "Civil War" was an invasion. It was as much of a CIvil War as Iraq trying to take over Iran or Kuwait, claiming that traditionally they were the same empire. The same goes with Vietnam. Partitioned in 1954 by the Geneva Conference, the North invaded because they wanted control of the entire nation. In fact, over 793,000 fled the newly formed "North Vietnam" in 1954 when the nation was given it's independence. It was more of the same, a Communist nation attacking a neighbor because they wanted to control everything. And if you believe that, then you should accept the rights of Germany to annex Prussia, Austria, the Saar region, Rhineland, Sudetenland, and eventually Czechoslovakia and Poland. Because even though these were independent nations, they were all once part of Germany. Therefore it had every right to seize them back.
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