cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18629062

According to the debate, they had their reasons. But still – when one hundred and eighty six nations say one thing, and two say another, you have to wonder about the two.

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    2 months ago

    What and get invaded by the guys who fly nuclear-capable bombers right along their border and practice invading them every year?

    Last time they got caught lacking, 20% of their population died, many of them burned alive in their apartments by napalm.

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      2 months ago

      You mean that time when North Korea invaded South Korea? They weren’t “caught lacking” they started the war.

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        2 months ago

        The US had been making preparations for war since the late 40s, including dividing the country in the first place and telling the Japanese in the south to stay in place until the US could replace them, massacring villages likely to side with the communists, and getting South Korea recognized as the sole government of all of Korea at the UN.

        War was inevitable, they struck when it looked like they’d have their best shot.