Korea's blessing

[Seth Ackerman]

Brad DeLong wrote:

> So there is this deep suspicion that somehow Truman and Acheson 
> *tricked* Kim Il Sung, Stalin, and Mao into providing this excuse for 
> NATO and for a U.S. defense budget of 10% of GDP.
> 
> But it is hard for who has actually worked for a government to 
> believe that such a cross-continental black deception operation could 
> have actually been carried out...
> 
	Ever heard of Tonkin Gulf?...

	Seth