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The commas you are, war. We go to June 1950, the Korean Peninsula. The US, at this point,

has demobilized around the world, not only the Pacific Theater, but the European Theater.

However, there is a nominal deployment on the Korean Peninsula South Korea. The North

is non-transparent, though associated with the Soviets and the brutality of communism.

However, it is not a major concern. It is, in fact, a surprise when war comes. The North

Korean forces launch overwhelmingly against Seoul and drive what American forces exist all

the way back to the boot of the peninsula. We leave it there because the Commas you

are war happened right away. When the North Koreans overwhelm the Americans and their South

Korean allies who were not well equipped, I welcome Gregory Coppley of Defense and Foreign

Affairs because this example, June of 1950, is repeated again and again. It's surprising

how the Commas you are war always winds up with one side saying, why didn't we see it?

How was it unpredictable? How was it predictable? What did we miss? Gregory, a very good evening

to you. What did we learn from June of 1950 and a war that remains unfinished because

of the scale of the North Korean in Transigence? Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. Well, unfortunately, we learned little to nothing. We still learned

little to nothing from that endeavor in Korea. The fact is that wars occur when vacuums

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