Well Red, if the US had bombed the staging areas in China don't you think that would ahve triggered a rather nasty response? Hadn't China just popped their first mushroom? Two-three of those would have been catastrophic. I understand why that action wasn't taken.

I think the sentiment in China would be 'You just couldn't let the war stay in Korea could you?!'
Besides how effectively can you stage troops 350 km from the front?