The Korean conflict was a civil war (from now on I will refer to the Korean conflict as a war collectively) between two sets of the same people. Though Korea was split into two separate countries, each country still consisted of the same Korean people. Many families were split in half with the dividing of the Korean peninsula. Much like our own civil war, you had fellow countrymen and relatives fighting against each other.

The war was an attempt by North Korea to unify the country under one rule, that of communism. The most unfortunate aspect of the Korean war, is that we allowed, if not guaranteed the war to take place. Since

That idea leads me to the next point, that the Korean war was an international incident. From what I have learned in this class, the United States certainly did not help South Korea out during the war, due to any degree of guilt or indignation at the "little guy" being invaded. No, the primary reason the United States became involved is to stop the spread of communism. We had entered an era of the containment policy.

The United States since its early days in sea trading, have run over this country to satisfy our own interests. We bombarded them into allowing us entry into Korea to trade. We then bargained with the Japanese to allow the colonization of Korea. Then we divided their country giving major rights to a communist power over half of it. Every step of the way we have wreaked havoc on this country rather than play the role we publicize ourselves to be- defender of the free world.

When referring to the Korean war, I do not think you can definitively declare that it was

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