Word: brutalities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sudden, Brutal, Arbitrary...
...ranks of the North Korean army. Many of them undoubtedly were tutored in Japanese police methods before the liberation in 1945 . . . And let us be frank about it; all Orientals are alike in their contempt for human life and dignity. They are cruel where we have pity; they are brutal where we show compassion; they are ingratiating to those they fear or think superior, but merciless with the weak or inferior who fall into their hands...
Three Million Men. In Korea, said he, the U.S. and the United Nations had met the "brutal attack" of "Communist imperialism," had curbed it and were now confident "that it will be crushed." The U.S. wants nothing from Korea-or any part of Asia-except a chance for the people to be "free, independent and united." "The battle in Korea," he went on, "is the front line in the struggle between freedom and tyranny...
...time the CRIMSON was unable to contact any member of the John Reed Club, but Mrs. Riecken called the action "Sudden, brutal, and arbitrary...
...same time nobody--certainly nobody in the Kremlin--seemed willing to make the sacrifices necessary to stop it. The war had little of the crusade in it. The UN called it a "police action" and in common with most police actions it was tough, and sometimes brutal, and often unpopular...