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We were at war with the communists in Korea. Just like we were at war with the Nazis in Germany.
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No, we were in a total global war (declared by Congress) with the German *nation* (or state. whichever). In Korea, we were there with the UN in a limited "police action" designed only to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea. Granted, we expanded the mission a bit after the stunning success at Inchon, but even after the Chinese intervened, the combat (much to the chagrin of MacArthur) was limited to the Korean peninsula. We weren't bombing railroads in Manchuria, or "unleashing Chiang" from Taiwan. For crying out loud, there was an ambassador from the Soviet Union here, and we had one in Moscow. The Cold War was an ideological struggle, with limited military actions.
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The House of Unamerican activities was set up in the 1930s to ferret out Nazis that were in the Bund.
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So? (actually, wikpedia disagrees with you somewhat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_U...ties_Committee)
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Could the writer of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre be fired if he was a Nazi?
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Sure. Hell, he could be fired for being a Republican. My point is, do we need to chase down screenwriters when we aren't at war? In other words, if a German spy was a screenwriter for MGM, then arrest him.
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The communists using the Rosenbergs and other spies were giving Stalin secrets so he could kill millions of Americans.
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Well, as it turned out, he didn't. Nonetheless, I agree that it wasn't a good idea to have a communist have access to sensitive materials.
