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North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung and South Korean President Syngman Rhee, both wanted to lead a united Korea but the North struck first,
北朝鮮的領導人金日成以及南朝鮮的領導人李承晚都想統一朝鮮半島，但是北方先出擊了
neither Stalin nor Mao was interested in a proxy war with the West, they were afraid it might go nuclear, as it almost did,
斯大林和毛澤東都對和西方進行代理人戰爭不感興趣，他們害怕會發生核戰爭幾乎每次都會發生
but Kim Il-Sung was persistent and he launched a surprise attack on South Korea on June 25th 1950.
但是金日成堅持不懈，在1950年6月25日對南朝鮮發動了出其不意的進攻
Soon the South Koreans and a small American force were driven nearly back into the sea.
很快南朝鮮和一小股美國力量快被逼到了海里
President Harry S Truman had just seen China fall to the communists, he could not afford to watch Korea fall also.
杜魯門總統剛剛目睹了中國采取共產主義，他不能再接受朝鮮也如此
Truman adhered to the so called domino theory
杜魯門堅持自己所謂的多米諾理論
which compared the spread of communism to a string of dominoes falling at nearly lightning speed.
將共產主義的傳播比作一串多米諾骨牌的倒塌以迅雷之勢倒塌
First China falls then South Korea falls then South Vietnam falls, you get the picture.
首先是中國，然后是南朝鮮，然后是南越，你可以想象一下這幅場景
Truman decided on a quote-unquote police action to stop communist momentum.
杜魯門決定進行一系列所謂的“警察行動”來制止共產主義的勢頭
The UN Security Council hurriedly met and decided to send in a UN, not US, peacekeeping force.
聯合國安理會急忙會面決定派出一支聯合國的，而不是美國的維和部隊
The Soviet UN ambassador could have vetoed this resolution had he not been boycotting the meeting out of anger about China.
蘇聯的聯合國大使本可以投票否決此決議，但出于對中國的憤怒，他拒絕出席大會
