Bobbi, I do not think it can be overstated how important it was for South Korea to be able to avoid the nightmares that came with being a part of the communist regime that fell under the power of Joseph Stalin. The North Koreans were so lucky that Stalin did not seem interested in taking a more active role in their government when they approached him about the possibility of attacking South Korea. According to the book Lenin"s Tomb, the Last Days of the Soviet Empire by David Remnick, Stalin became increasingly paranoid and killed millions of his own supporters in countries that came under his influence such as the Polish officers murdered nightly at Kalinin in 1940. With the ability to look back on events, blocking of the spread of Communism