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Mercouris argues that US strategic blindness has deeper roots, citing the Korean War as another case where Washington failed to imagine that another power would react forcefully to a major security challenge.
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Korean War
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...a mutual defense pact with China signed in 1961 after the Korean War. And so you would think that North Korea doesn't really need..."
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In the garbled close of the packet, Jiang appears to argue that American failure is driven not only by weak strategic thinking but also by deep contempt for other nations' military seriousness, illustrated with Chinese performance in Korea.
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"isn't this a little bit like what happened at the um at the end of the chinese war the war between the communist party..."
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"the other side would have to react to what it saw as a major strategic and security challenge to itself this inability to think..."
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"built for power or for Rohingya you know the in the national security system the real world is not exactly going to be able..."
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"...a mutual defense pact with China signed in 1961 after the Korean War. And so you would think that North Korea doesn't really need..."
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"...wars that we've done, they delivered some orange juice during the Korean war. Other than that, you know, and I think it'll be the..."
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"...so what i mean by that is go back to the korean war right when russia was threatening uh the ottoman empire uh the..."
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"...the generals, you know, like Vietnam, you know I'm sure the Korean war, the, the Iraq war, and I don't think it's historically precedented..."
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"...Ottoman Empire. Eventually, the Russians will defeat the Ottoman Empire. The Korean War is a major setback for the Russians. And this creates something..."
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