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Originally Posted by 57 On Red
No, 1950, and it was a UN counter-offensive in response to North Korea's invasion of the South. The UN then pulled back because the Red Chinese with Stalin's backing attacked in enormous numbers.
Yes, fall of 1950. True, the invasion of the north followed the attack on the south, but it was a distinct decision to rollback the opposition rather than return to the status quo. Threatening China was a worse decision than even the 2003 Iraq invasion.
"The UN then pulled back" is a nice way of putting the longest retreat in US military history. Who was it, Rusk, Acheson? who said it was the worst defeat since Bull Run.
