The mainstream media were allowed the same access to the three year Korean Conflict as they had in WW2 but for some reason they called it the "Forgotten War". Anybody think why they would do that? The reason is simple. Harry Truman didn't have time to consult with Congress so he issued a presidential order that authorized American Troops in combat. It was the right thing to do but it doesn't absolve him of legal responsibility. The media created the myth about the feisty little former congressman "give 'em hell Harry" but it was a myth. In reality Harry Truman was a timid little man who could not deal with the general he appointed to run the Military. MacArthur was another icon created by the media and he was an old WW1 general in his 70's who neer spent a single night in Korea preferring to run the conflict from his palace in Japan. It was a tough struggle and American Troops finally pushed the NK invaders across the 38th parallel and even took the NK capital of Ponyg Yang. The war was over in less than a year. Truman was silent when MacArthur told his fawning minions in the press that he would liberate the entire peninsula with exhausted ill-supplied Troops and thin supply lines. The Chinese addressed the UN that they would not tolerate UN Troops approaching the Yalu river or they would enter the conflict. MacArthur took his fawning slobbering media followers on a plane tour to the Yalu River and failed to note a division of Chinese troops camouflaged in the snow. The victory in less than a year turned into the worst ambush in history and a three year struggle that ended with anywhere from 38,000 to 50,000 Americans killed and a humiliating "truce" dictated by the NK. Truman was never criticized and MacArthur received a tickertape parade by the same slobbering fawning media that called the loss of 38,000 Americans "the forgotten war".
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