| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/19/2008 11:31:37 AM | From the Associated Press:
DAEJEON, South Korea (AP) — Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation's U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists and hapless peasants in a summer of terror in 1950.
With U.S. military officers sometimes present, and as North Korean invaders pushed down the peninsula, the southern army and police emptied South Korean prisons, lined up detainees and shot them in the head, dumping the bodies into hastily dug trenches. Others were thrown into abandoned mines or into the sea. Women and children were among those killed. Many victims never faced charges or trial.
Complete article at http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h2rT2wzhviymfyfyRdmdKw6tciagD90OJQDO1
Unfortunate timing for the story to break, as the US and North Korea are in the midst of delicate negotiations. | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/19/2008 12:02:29 PM | .
This sure put McArthur in a different light.
150 thousand in just a few months.
The USA only supported him until 1968.....
Then poor guy exiled to Hawaii like General Ny and all the other little puppet killers.....
 | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/20/2008 7:02:42 PM | wow more war crimes by americans go figure eh
is this really news to anyone?
ill be waiting patiently for the war crimes courts and the stampede of american criminal trials
must be the honor " somone" was referring to , at least they buried them
id sure like to see them go after these guys with the same fervor they went after the germans with at the nuremburg trials
| |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/20/2008 9:54:18 PM | | The executions, or murders, were carried out by South Korean military and police under South Korean command, although apparently with some US military knowledge. | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/20/2008 10:19:30 PM | | The war was a very bad time for South Korea. The Korean military was struggling to hold together and the American troops could barely stop North Korea until McArthur landed with troops that attacked the NKA troops from the rear. They shouldn't have killed all those people, but I am not surprised considering the atmosphere at that time and the desperate times the country was under. The Americans didn't kill those people, the Koreans did. Many times Koreans do not want to admit their own mistakes and simply blame Americans. That is unbalanced and propagandistic. It appears thousands of these people killed were not even Leftists. It was a horrible mess and it looks like there was a killing frenzy going on... That is very, very, very tragic. | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/21/2008 11:41:24 AM | | Actually, I disagree. Its common practice for combatants to kill prisoners of war/prisoners/problematics, and with good reason. Dead bodies don't need to be guarded or fed = more manpower and resources to fight the enemy with. | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/21/2008 11:53:54 AM |
Its common practice for combatants to kill prisoners of war/prisoners/problematics, Generally known as "atrocities," and prosecuted as "war crimes." | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/21/2008 12:40:56 PM |
Generally known as "atrocities," and prosecuted as "war crimes."
If you happen to be on the loosing side..... which is why nothing was done about the starvation of 10's of thousands of Germans under US care after WWII ended.... | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/21/2008 1:12:40 PM | Please....be real - war crime prosecutions are a joke and are not meant to be taken seriously. They're just to make people feel good for a moment until something else catches their attention.
You might disagree with the above statement, but if the prosecuting parties were really so serious about exacting retribution, you would think that they would start with their own skeletons in the closet. | |
|
| 1950 massacre by S Korea
Posted: 5/21/2008 7:28:15 PM | but if the prosecuting parties were really so serious about exacting retribution, you would think that they would start with their own skeletons in the closet. It would be South Koreans pressing charges against other South Koreans. Not gonna happen under the current South Korean leader. The investigating body has no prosecutorial powers, and the investigation will end in 2011, IIRC.
It does (apparently has done so already) provide fuel for those who are inclined to "America-bashing." I was simply pointing out that awkwardness of the timing.
Of course it isn't acceptable behavior, but as some have pointed out, there was an especially vicious little war going on with atrocities on both sides. | |
|
Home
login 
