Loudmouth it is a pity General MacArthur wasn't sacked after he lost the Philippines at the start of the Pacific war.

I have often wondered how many had to die for MacArthur to fulfill his promise, "I will Return" to the Philippines.

The invasion of the Philippines was entirely unnecessary, they could have been bypassed as easily as anywhere else, but his arrogance demanded his ego be stroked.

Is Mise,

Why are you backing away from finding the answers
you seek through libraries? It's your credibility
that's lacking.

I am not the one interested in this topic.
You are - so put up or shut up old chap.
You asked for help. I politely gave it to you.
And I got the information from The Weekend
Australian - the article that referenced the
book mentioned where it clearly stated that
the book dealt with accounts of soldiers who
took part in the conflict.
I don't have to read the book.

I directed you to
where you can get the information you're after.
The rest is now up to you.

Stop banging on about it. You're beginning to
look silly.

Shadow Minister,

Nobody is labeling anybody.
People are merely stating historical facts.
Especially the veterans who actually took part
in the conflict.

Hi Foxy,

I have put a hold on 'Scorched Earth Black Snow' Andrew Salmon, should have it tomorrow. Other than watching 'MASH' I never took much interest in the Korean War, read dozens of books on WWI though. The first SAC in WWI the French General Ferdinand Foch believed if you kill one million of the enemy, and they kill one million less one of yours, you win. And good old Ferdy was on our side!

I don't subscribe to the lesser of two evils theory, like "the Russians murdered 5 million Germans" somehow that negates the murder of 1.6 million Koreans 10 years later, or 1 million Vietnamese in the 1960's. Should it validate the murders committed by the other side, no we simply have 7.6 million murdered.

For me, one of the greatest moments in modern history was when Gorbachev put total nuclear disarmament to Reagan, one of the saddest was when Reagan declined the offer.

"Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says US President Trump's plan to withdraw from a key Cold War nuclear weapons treaty is a reversal of efforts to achieve nuclear disarmament." That's where we are today, over 30 years later. Its so sad that today's world leaders cannot work towards world peace, unfortunately it is just the opposite.

Dear Paul,

I fear that our world can become so obsessed with the
problems of hatred and aggression, that it will allow
peace and love to be regarded as soft and weak. Yet
our survival depends on their dominance.

It's tragic to think that the average person can
expect to give up three to four years of his or her
life working to foot the arms bill, while ever more
people suffer from illiteracy, ill health and
chronic hunger.

We need new ways of thinking to cope with the nuclear
age. It's here that our world leaders, but especially
our writers - with their concern for the human
condition and their special skills with language can
enable us to imagine the horrific reality of
nuclear arms and nerve us to build an alternative future.

Decades have gone by, and some of the scars and sores
of the past are healing. However, unless we
learn from the mistakes of the past, the tragedies, it
is unlikely that we shall have a future to contemplate.
The moral choice is ours to make.

Foxy,

I'm not interested in the book, all that I'm interested in is Paul giving a reference to back up his assertion that Australian soldiers in Korea threw bombs at children.

As I said earlier all that I remember throwing to children (not at) was chocolate (and other sweets) and tinned food.

The only other thing that I remember throwing was Australian pennies, and I've met Koreans many years later who still prize their Aussie penny from long ago.

If such a thing as Paul asserts happened it was a war crime and needs to be aired and you clearly stated that the book backed him up, even though you had not read it; what a blunder, but an apology would not go amiss.