I noted Bingham’s ltr dated 12/25 ruling out U.S. actions in the Korean War with Israel and Gaza.
During the Korean War 12%–15% of the North Korean population (c. 10 million) was killed in the war, or approximately 1.2 million to 1.5 million people” which was called “America’s greatest war crime.” General Curtis LeMay said, “US forces killed off 20 percent of the population of Korea as casualties of war.” The United States dropped 635,000 tons of bombs, including 32,557 tons of napalm — more than was dropped during the entire Pacific campaign of World War II.
The historian B. Cumings called the American bombing of North Korea to genocide. We carpet-bombed North Korea using napalm and destroyed many towns and cities that "ranged from forty to ninety percent." Why are those figures irrelevant to Mr. Bingham? If we apply the same standards to Korean war as to Gaza, Bingham’s hypocrisy is hard to ignore.
Mark Elliott
Green Valley
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