Thirteen Days
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1:07:01
It's World War One
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There's thirteen million killed
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It's all because the militaries
of both alliances believed

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that they were so highly
attuned to one another's movements

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and dispositions, they could
predict one another's intentions

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But all their theories
were based on the last war

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And the world
and technology had changed

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and those lessons
were no longer valid

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But it was all they knew
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so the orders went out
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couldn't be rescinded
1:07:27
The man in the field, his family
at home, they couldn't even tell

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the reasons
why their lives were being destroyed

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But why couldn't they stop it?
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What could they have done?
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Here we are 50 years later
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Say one of their ships
resists the inspection

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and we shoot out its rudder
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and board
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They shoot down
one of our planes in response

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So we bomb their anti-aircraft sites
in response to that

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They attack Berlin
1:08:03
So we invade Cuba
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And they fire their missiles
1:08:22
Helen, I want you
to keep the kids close tomorrow

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I want you to leave the TV on
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I want you to sleep with it on
in the bedroom

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until I call you
and tell you can turn it off

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What's happened?
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Nothing
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you don't already know about
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Just have the car ready to go
in case I call

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or a Civil Defense Warning comes on
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What happens to you?
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I'm not leaving without you
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I'll be evacuated with the President
1:08:59
Great

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