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Has Korea ever actually won a war?
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traxxe



Joined: 21 Feb 2007
PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:26 am    Post subject: Has Korea ever actually won a war? Reply with quote
Not counting internal wars on the penninsula... have they won a war?

I don't know much Korean history before the Korean War and Japanese Occupation. I cannot think off the top of my head a single time Korea has won a war.

Would that make Korea the only country in East Asia never to have won its own war?

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Gwangjuboy



Joined: 08 Jul 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Didn't they win the Imjin War in which they repelled the Japanese? It was all down hill from there though.
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endo



Joined: 14 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I would count the Imjin War.

Plus there were were a lot of internal wars if you want to include those.
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mistermasan



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
has the US won a war since 1945? and heck...that one isn't even resolved yet.
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endo



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mistermasan wrote:
has the US won a war since 1945? and heck...that one isn't even resolved yet.


Hey, the Americans kicked the $hit out of Greneda.
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traxxe



Joined: 21 Feb 2007
PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Okay, they did win a war once then. They repelled the Japanese. That's what I was wondering.

America won a war recently in Afghanistan against the Taliban. American won a war in Iraq against Sadam's regime. While the peacekeeping part isn't over. I would consider both of those victories.

America did not iwn in Vietnam or Korea, no.

If you are a peaceful people, like someone asserted Koreans claimed to be. You should be a lot more polite to those around you that are foreign. Lest you find yourselves conquered.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Define 'winning'.

I'm reminded of 'Catch-22' where an old Italian guy (Nately's **beep*'s father?) says Italy has won all its wars by surrendering. Eventually all the foreigners go away and the Italians are left just where they were, busy being Italians. A lot like Korea.
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There was also the Goguryeo-Sui Wars between 598 and 614, where you could easily argue a Korean kingdom came out on top and the Chinese Sui dynasty fell apart. The Korean commander, Eulji, killed over 300 000 Chinese soldiers at the Battle of Salsu by opening a dam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goguryeo-Sui_Wars

endo wrote:
mistermasan wrote:
has the US won a war since 1945? and heck...that one isn't even resolved yet.


Hey, the Americans kicked the $hit out of Greneda.


And Panama.

traxxe wrote:

America won a war recently in Afghanistan against the Taliban.


Afghanistan isn't over yet.
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jvalmer



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
traxxe wrote:
America won a war recently in Afghanistan against the Taliban. American won a war in Iraq against Sadam's regime. While the peacekeeping part isn't over. I would consider both of those victories.


War is hardly over in Afghanistan. The Afghan government controls maybe one city. As for Iraq, do you mean Iraq I or Iraq II? Iraq II ain't over yet. But, I may give you Iraq I, but that was more like a squirmish.
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
jvalmer wrote:
traxxe wrote:
America won a war recently in Afghanistan against the Taliban. American won a war in Iraq against Sadam's regime. While the peacekeeping part isn't over. I would consider both of those victories.


War is hardly over in Afghanistan. The Afghan government controls maybe one city. As for Iraq, do you mean Iraq I or Iraq II? Iraq II ain't over yet. But, I may give you Iraq I, but that was more like a squirmish.


Iraq 1 was chasing them out of Kuwait, giving them a big scare, and bombing them back to the Stone Age. Iraq 2 is an occupation war, and the war isn't over until the occupation succeeds (like it did in the Philippines) or fails (like it did in Vietnam).
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