If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
—- usually misattributed to James Madison
Commander-in-Chief Truman orders the strengthening of the Unites states Armed Forces in the kleptocratic (government by thieves). Republic of (South) Korea. This begins the U.s.’ 11th attempt at nation building. Also, Truman writes in a telegram to Republican (fascist/socialist) de facto governor Thomas E. Dewey, of new york, Esq.: “We have taken our stand on the side of Korea and our pledge of faith to that nation is a witness to all the world that we champion liberty wherever the tyranny of communism is the aggressor.”
NOTES:
- This was the first United States’ war that was run not by the Department of War/Defense, but by the department of state.
- While “nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].
- As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Dewey was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
[updated 5/17/2025]
Subsequent Events:
References:
Doug Bandow, “Nation-Building’s Grim Record,” Orange County (California) Register, 25 April 2003, Local:7.
James Carroll, House of War: The Pentagon and the disastrous rise of American power, (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006), 194.
Harry S. Truman: Exchange of Messages With Governor Dewey Concerning U.S. Action in Korea.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=13540&st=&st1=
Statement by the President on the Situation in Korea | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-president-the-situation-korea
PolicyBrief#24 – Policybrief24.pdf
carnegieendowment.org/files/Policybrief24.pdf
Current U.s. National Debt:
