re: #414 jcm
Tactical, to deal with the overwhelming manpower the ChiComs had.
No telling how it would have gone, ‘cept now we got a psycho with ICBM’s and nukes, or really close to it.
I expect Kim’s play will to demand reunification with the South on his terms.
If we had an administration that was worth a shit they’d give the South Koreans Pershing’s (or whatever today’s equivalent is) and let them determine the ante to Kim’s terms.