CharlesAnthony CharlesAnthony:
Why all of the hate for North Koreans???
You been living in a cave since 1950? BTW folks just to clarify, America can still declare war against North Korea because it never declared war against the hermit kingdom in 1950.
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The U.S. Congress never declared war, thereby establishing a precedent.
On June 25, 1950, North Korea launched a full-scale invasion of the South after receiving the go-ahead from Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Until that point, the United States appeared disinclined to intervene. The year before it had removed its last remaining troops from Korea, and that January U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson had given a speech in which he excluded Korea from America’s defense perimeter. Nonetheless, the United States got involved in the Korean War almost immediately. On June 27, as North Korean troops reached the outskirts of Seoul, the South Korean capital, U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered naval and air forces into action. Then, three days later, he approved the use of ground troops. Though the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, it did not do so in this case. “If a burglar breaks into your house, you can shoot him without going down to the police station and getting permission,” Senator Tom Connally told Truman when asked if Congressional approval was necessary. As a result, Congress has not formally declared war since World War II.
http://www.history.com/news/8-things-yo ... korean-warThe Korean war was in fact a UN police action so it doesn't "technically" qualify as a war despite it being one. This fact caused untold problems for Korean war Vet's who weren't considered Vet's by the Canadian Gov't because they hadn't fought in a war. Thankfully it got cleared up and was actually the catalyst for the Canadian Gov't to consider all ex military personnel "veterans".
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