FINAL WARNING: The Communist Agenda
having to worry about bombers hitting their Manchurian supply
lines ... I realized for the first time that I had actually been denied
the use of my full military power to safeguard the lives of my
soldiers and the safety of my army.”Gen. Douglas MacArthur also said: “I am concerned for the security of
our great nation, not so much because of any threat from without, but
because of the insidious forces working from within.”Over 33,000 American lives were lost in a war that they were not
allowed to win. Instead, a truce was signed on July 27, 1953.However, the Communists weren’t giving up on Korea. With North
Korea being supported by China, Russia and the Eastern Europe
communist bloc countries, they built up their military strength, and
made enormous economic gains. During the late 1960’s, they began a
dialogue for the reunification of Korea, and bilateral talks were held in
1972, which further improved their relations, as the Communists
attempted to take over with diplomacy. A nonaggression pact was
signed in December, 1991; and in 2000 a summit meeting was held to
explore the possibility of a reconciliation.As information about communist agents occupying high cabinet posts
surfaced, the American people took out their frustrations at the polls.
Eisenhower’s slogan was: “Let’s clean up the mess in Washington.”
He had promised “peace with honor” in Korea, however, the truce
allowed 400 soldiers to remain in communist prisons. Even though the
1952 Republican Platform called the Truman Plan “ignominious
bartering with our enemies,” in reality, Eisenhower’s plan made even
more concessions.Eisenhower’s tough rhetoric on communism ushered in a renewed
patriotism in America. People behind the Iron Curtain were inspired,
and in the fall of 1956, Hungarian freedom fighters forced the Russians
to leave their homeland, ending Soviet occupation. So what did the
United States do? According to the Congressional Record of August
31, 1960, the U.S. State Department sent the Soviet Union a telegram
which read: “The Government of the United States does not look with
favor upon governments unfriendly to the Soviet Union on the borders
of the Soviet Union.” Hours after receiving the telegram on November