Alternate History.

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by TarJak

With Korea still burning and Vietnam erupting what's Kennedy's decision? Flight two wars on the Asian continent or leave Vietnam to its fate?

I really can't see the political will in the US to keep fighting a stalemate for twelve years in Korea. Even in the Red-Scare environment of the 1950s domestic discontent would build. Sooner of later, like Vietnam the pressure builds to get it over with.

On the other side it's my understanding that even the Russians and Chinese were getting sick and tired of Kim Il-Sung by late 1952 and wanted the war over. Stalin's death also played a role since Malenkov (the next Soviet premier) was not too fond of Kim.