georgephillip
Diamond Member
MacArthur and Truman could argue they had UNSC authorization to intervene in Korea so in that sense they were not technically war criminals; however, both Americans were intervening in matters the Koreans were perfectly capable solving for themselves.War criminals? Truman was a timid fool and MacArthur was an egomaniac who might have suffered from dementia but they were hardly war criminals
"On 25 June 1950, the United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion of the Republic of Korea, with UN Security Council Resolution 82. The Soviet Union, aveto-wielding power, had boycotted the Council meetings since January 1950, protesting that theRepublic of China (Taiwan), not the People's Republic of China, held a permanent seat in the UN Security Council."
Korean War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia