MacArthur Gore Korean Nuclear Plan

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs to contain China and secure a decisive victory. Al Gore's father even proposed in Congress that something "cataclysmic" be done to end the conflict by using atomic bombs to create a radiation belt along the 38th parallel, turning the border between North and South Korea into a permanent toxic wasteland. They envisioned a contaminated strip so dangerous that enemy forces could not march across it for at least 60 years.

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