Artemis3d ago

Some military person in Ken Burns's Vietnam War doc:

(Paraphrasing because I watched it yesterday): "We weren't prepared for Vietnam because the last war we fought was World War 2, which required very different strategy & tactics."

Me: *spits out my drink*

Are you not going to mention KOREA, motherfucker? I know the US got itself entrenched in Vietnam at the tail end of that, but what about motherfucking Korea? My grandpa was drafted. What do you mean the last war was WW2? Then what was THAT?

Show threadTim_Eagon
@artemis Korea was a police action! Not sure what that guy was getting act, but despite KPA guerilla activity in the rear, Korea was tactically more like WW2 (and then WW1 when it entered it's static phase).
Apr 9 at 3:33pmWeb
Show threadArtemis3d ago

@Tim_Eagon
Truman calling it a "police action" doesn't make it so.

Maybe it's just because my grandfather was conscripted, but it's utter bullshit to not call it a war. They forced people into military service for it. That's no "police action" I've ever heard of.

Show threadTim_Eagon3d ago
@artemis No, I understand, I was being sarcastic. I've been watching the TimeGhost History channel's Korean War Week-By-Week series for almost two years now; it was definitely a war!