Comments on: U.S. Army colonel sanctioned the mass executions of South Korean political prisoners http://bentcorner.com/2008/07/us-army-colonel-sanctioned-the-mass-executions-of-south-korean-political-prisoners/ Smells Like a Recession Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Schooly http://bentcorner.com/2008/07/us-army-colonel-sanctioned-the-mass-executions-of-south-korean-political-prisoners/#comment-2684 Schooly Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:56:07 +0000 http://bentcorner.com/?p=1141#comment-2684 I agree about how disappointing it is that this was kept quiet for so long. But in 1950, this shit just wasn't reported in the mass media. I agree about how disappointing it is that this was kept quiet for so long. But in 1950, this shit just wasn’t reported in the mass media.

]]> By: Rick http://bentcorner.com/2008/07/us-army-colonel-sanctioned-the-mass-executions-of-south-korean-political-prisoners/#comment-2681 Rick Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:21:41 +0000 http://bentcorner.com/?p=1141#comment-2681 I should have been more clear. When I was referring to "we", I meant the non-communists. I was pissed off about what the South Koreans did. I was also pissed off over the fact that this was classified for that long. I don't think something should be classified just because it makes the United States or it's allies look bad. I should have been more clear. When I was referring to “we”, I meant the non-communists. I was pissed off about what the South Koreans did. I was also pissed off over the fact that this was classified for that long. I don’t think something should be classified just because it makes the United States or it’s allies look bad.

]]> By: Schooly http://bentcorner.com/2008/07/us-army-colonel-sanctioned-the-mass-executions-of-south-korean-political-prisoners/#comment-2679 Schooly Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:05:16 +0000 http://bentcorner.com/?p=1141#comment-2679 I read the whole article in Newsweek. I think there is a big distinction between pulling the trigger and allowing something to happen. I'm not trying to say that allowing an atrocity to occur is okay, but there is a difference. Like one of the officers in the article said, South Korea was a sovereign nation. There is always complaining about how the US allows things like this to happen. An yet when the US steps in and gets involved, people criticize that the US should not meddle in the affairs of other nations. God-forbid something as evil as "nation building" were to occur. People might stop shitting in their drinking water and killing their daughters out of "honor." I read the whole article in Newsweek. I think there is a big distinction between pulling the trigger and allowing something to happen. I’m not trying to say that allowing an atrocity to occur is okay, but there is a difference. Like one of the officers in the article said, South Korea was a sovereign nation.

There is always complaining about how the US allows things like this to happen. An yet when the US steps in and gets involved, people criticize that the US should not meddle in the affairs of other nations.

God-forbid something as evil as “nation building” were to occur. People might stop shitting in their drinking water and killing their daughters out of “honor.”

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