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Military action was possible because the UN Security Council voted in favour of it. At the time, the USSR was boycotting the council and was therefore not present to exercise a veto. China was represented by Taiwan (ROC).

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Because the war was fought on a peninsula, which was easily controlled by the US Navy.

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