送交者: steven 于 2006-2-28, 18:22:36:
For many years, I'd found many people repeated the quote "The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy," some contributed to Gen. McArthur, some to Gen. Bradley, some to unknown American five-star generals. Typically, this was used to show Americans admmitted to their defeat in North Korean by the Chinese. Few knows that the quote was actually from Gen. Bradley in rebuking Gen. McArthur who wanted to wage a more extended war against China. Gen. Bradley testified in Congress regarding Korean war on May 15, 1951, here is the more complete version of the quote:
I am under no illusion that our present strategy of using means short of total war to achieve our ends and oppose communism is a guarantee that a world war will not be thrust upon us. But a policy of patience and determination without provoking a world war, while we improve our military power, is one which we believe we must continue to follow….
Under present circumstances, we have recommended against enlarging the war from Korea to also include Red China. The course of action often described as a limited war with Red China would increase the risk we are taking by engaging too much of our power in an area that is not the critical strategic prize.
Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the world. Frankly, in the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this strategy would involve us in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.