Word: riscassi
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Other panelists are retired Army Gen. Robert W. Riscassi, former Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command; Pete McCloskey, a former U.S. Representative from California; Donald P. Gregg, former U.S. Ambassador to Korea; retired Army Col. Young O. Kim and Don Oberdorfer, an accomplished journalist. Most of the panelists served in the military in Korea at some point in their careers...
...difficulty of the situation is the proximity of the DMZ to Seoul," says retired General Robert RisCassi, who commanded the U.S. forces in South Korea until a year ago. "I truly believe that we would win -- and win handily -- but the cost in terms of civilian lives adds another dimension." Bill Taylor, a retired Army colonel now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, puts it more starkly: "Seoul will be destroyed almost totally in less than a week. That's the rub, and I think everybody knows that...
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