RES: Korea's blessing

[Brad De Long]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
>>
>>
>>  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?
>>
>
>Wouldn't it be *defensive* by definition since he was fighting against an
>illegitimate occupying force?

One illegitimate government is not defending itself when it attacks 
another such.

How can you tell which governments are legitimate? It's pretty easy. 
Legitimate governments:

(a) derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...

(b) secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for their citizens...