Chuck Bryant
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Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
This tree, but I just pictured this poor tree sitting there like, man, I just want to be a tree.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
I don't want to start World War III or be cut down.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
That tree did not get their wish.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
I'll grow slower, I promise.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
Here, I can just shed a few limbs.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
So Major General John Singlaub, Dave helped us with this, found a quote that just showed how serious this was.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
And he said, it was my estimate, shared by many of the staff, that the operations stood a 50-50 chance of starting a war.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
And that would have been World War III.
Stuff You Should Know
Operation Paul Bunyan
This tree-cutting operation could have sparked World War III.