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“Colonel! Have you lost your goddamn mind?! Is that it?!”
Colonel William Reese sighed softly under his breath. He already had a hunch that his superior would say that to him.
However, he had no desire to resent or insult his superior for it because he, too, would have reacted the same way less than a day ago!
“Handing over the command?! Do you understand what that even means!”
Reese raised his head and looked straight into the eyes of his superior. “Sir, I know it sounds completely absurd and unthinkable.”
“Absurd? Unthinkable?!”
The Undersecretary of the United States Department of the Army, Reynold Spencer, glared at Reese as a deep crease formed between his brows.
“Do you honestly think those two words are adequate enough to describe this demand? Taking over the command means they will have full control of our troops. Our troops! That’s the same as having the ownership of our own goddamn soldiers! Nothing like this has ever happened in our history, okay?”
“Sir, if I may. In my opinion, we shouldn’t try to complicate this situation. In case South Korea enters war, the authority to command operations rests with us, does it not? Think of it as roles reversing in this situation. That should make this demand easier to accept.”
“Colonel!” Spencer shouted, his eyes burning with rage. “Did you get hypnotized by those Koreans or what?! Why do you keep repeating that nonsense?! Besides, why should we even go that...
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