Revisionist History
The following letter by Dom Colotti was published in the Middletown’s Times Herold-Record. It was entitled: “Enemy would come here,” and contained factual errors, which I’ll point out to the reader.
Mr. Colotti wrote: “For those of you who continue to look for our president’s impeachment, I have questions for you. Where were you when President Truman committed our troops to the Korean civil war, North vs. South? And when we had the war won, he fired MacArthur and made the troops retreat.
“Also, where were you when JFK and LBJ committed our troops to the Vietnam civil war, North vs. South? Again, we had the war won, pushing the enemy up to the northern border. How many of our men and women were killed in these conflicts in which we had no business? Look it up.
“It's obvious to me it only matters to you which political party was involved. Let me also remind you that as our president has said, ‘If we don't get the enemy there, they’ll come here.’ Take your blinders off and think like Americans.”
Yesterday, my response to Dom Colotti’s letter was published in the Times Herold-Record
I wrote that his letter contains several factual errors and that I don’t need to “Look it up,” because I’m a Korean War veteran.
Truman didn’t make our troops retreat, during the Korean War. The Communist Chinese entered the war by swarming across the frozen Yalu River into north Korea. Marines under the command of Chesty Puller were forced to redeploy.
A reporter asked Puller how he felt about the Marines retreating for the first time in history. He replied: “Hell were not retreating. Were just attacking in another direction.” In fact, they were fighting their way south to a seaport to be evacuated. They brought their dead and wounded with them in temperatures that reached 30 degrees below zero.
Truman recalled MacArthur, for the same reason Admiral Fallon recently retired. Our Constitution provides that an elected Commander-in-Chief make policy decision concerning the conduct of the war.
Eisenhower promised that if elected he would bring an end to the Korean War and made good on that promise.
Reportedly, Bush said: “If we don’t get the enemy there, they’ll come here.” Critical thinking might be un-American, but I don’t appreciate fear mongering. Besides, the terrorists don’t have that many rowboats.
Mr. Colotti wrote: “For those of you who continue to look for our president’s impeachment, I have questions for you. Where were you when President Truman committed our troops to the Korean civil war, North vs. South? And when we had the war won, he fired MacArthur and made the troops retreat.
“Also, where were you when JFK and LBJ committed our troops to the Vietnam civil war, North vs. South? Again, we had the war won, pushing the enemy up to the northern border. How many of our men and women were killed in these conflicts in which we had no business? Look it up.
“It's obvious to me it only matters to you which political party was involved. Let me also remind you that as our president has said, ‘If we don't get the enemy there, they’ll come here.’ Take your blinders off and think like Americans.”
Yesterday, my response to Dom Colotti’s letter was published in the Times Herold-Record
I wrote that his letter contains several factual errors and that I don’t need to “Look it up,” because I’m a Korean War veteran.
Truman didn’t make our troops retreat, during the Korean War. The Communist Chinese entered the war by swarming across the frozen Yalu River into north Korea. Marines under the command of Chesty Puller were forced to redeploy.
A reporter asked Puller how he felt about the Marines retreating for the first time in history. He replied: “Hell were not retreating. Were just attacking in another direction.” In fact, they were fighting their way south to a seaport to be evacuated. They brought their dead and wounded with them in temperatures that reached 30 degrees below zero.
Truman recalled MacArthur, for the same reason Admiral Fallon recently retired. Our Constitution provides that an elected Commander-in-Chief make policy decision concerning the conduct of the war.
Eisenhower promised that if elected he would bring an end to the Korean War and made good on that promise.
Reportedly, Bush said: “If we don’t get the enemy there, they’ll come here.” Critical thinking might be un-American, but I don’t appreciate fear mongering. Besides, the terrorists don’t have that many rowboats.
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