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Korea, 1950-1953.
After World War II, the ambitious plans of the U.S. State Department for
Asia and the Pacific were upset completely by revolutions and
anti-colonial wars from China to Malaysia. A major confrontation
developed in Korea. Washington decided to intervene directly to show
that Western military technology could defeat any Asian army.
We'll show these #@%$!
U.S. warships, bombers, and artillery reduced much of Korea to rubble.
Over 4,500,000 Koreans died; three out of four were civilians. 54,000
U.S. soldiers returned home in coffins. But the U.S. military, for all
of its technological superiority, did not prevail. After 3 years of
intense warfare, a cease-fire was negotiated. Korea is still divided and
some 40,000 U.S. troops remain in Southern Korea to this day. [31]
Waiting for another war.
Dominican Republic, 1965.
After a U.S. backed military coup, Dominicans rose up to demand the
reinstatement of the overthrown president (who they had elected in a
popular vote). Washington, however, was determined to keep its men in
power, no matter who the Dominicans voted for. 22,000 U.S. troops were
sent to suppress the uprising. 3,000 people were gunned down in the
streets of Santo Domingo. [32]
YANKEES GO HOME
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