Howard Buffett tried unsuccessfully to declassify a classified testimony of the then-head of CIA which he said would show that the Korean War was instigated and started fully by the American side.
He also remarked that the size of the American military post-war was much larger than during the peak time of the war, and claimed that the US administration would “not allow such a large army to lie idle and rust.”
Rothbard’s articles paint Eisenhower as a puppet of the Wall Street elite, who was installed to help push corporate militarism into Washington, and perhaps that helps push for the case for US deliberately wanting war, any war, under whatever circumstances possible.
The US felt quite compelled to maintain a large army since its rival the USSR was doing the same. The Koreas, along with Vietnam, were merely proxy wars. Conflicts that occured neither in America nor Russia, but gave both countries a chance to test new warfare equipment and strategies.
The USSR had the benefit of controlling their entire economy, which the US did not have. The US had to cut a deal with Wall Street under the table in order to fund their expanding military without looking to “socialist” to the American public.
The US felt quite compelled to maintain a large army since its rival the USSR was doing the same. The Koreas, along with Vietnam, were merely proxy wars. Conflicts that occured neither in America nor Russia, but gave both countries a chance to test new warfare equipment and strategies.
The USSR had the benefit of controlling their entire economy, which the US did not have. The US had to cut a deal with Wall Street under the table in order to fund their expanding military without looking too “socialist” to the American public.
Actually, I think that the U.S. armed forces had to be radically expanded during the Korean War, because the post-WWII demobilization left them with insufficient forces to deploy to Korea.
I read a book by the brother of the head of the mafia in chicago [and all points west]. His brother told him “WW2 was so great for us, rest assured we will have wars from now on.”
Howard Buffett tried unsuccessfully to declassify a classified testimony of the then-head of CIA which he said would show that the Korean War was instigated and started fully by the American side.
Of course the U.S. started the Korean War. If you hadn’t noticed, Korea is nowhere near the United States.