----- Original Message -----
From: Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
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> Are you saying that the weapons Stalin shipped to North Korea in the
> year before the Korean War started in June 1950 were--in Stalin's
> mind--intended for *defensive* use only? Are you saying that Kim Il
> Sung would have launched his attack had his tank strength not been
> greatly multiplied?
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Wouldn't it be *defensive* by definition since he was fighting against an illegitimate occupying force?