United states Army General James A. Van Fleet (private mercenary) says in an interview: “Korea has been a blessing.  There had to be a Korea either here, or some place in the world.”

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References:

LBO-Talk Archive June 2000: RES: Korea’s blessing
nuance.dhs.org/lbo-talk/0006/0954.html

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