• basmati@lemmus.org
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    20 days ago

    It’s almost as if NK doesn’t want war. Weird how they took a defensive posture in response to invasion of their territory by a country backed by the most war hungry country in the history of humanity.

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      20 days ago

      in response to invasion of their territory

      What the fuck are you going on about?

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            20 days ago

            That was in response to South Korea dropping propaganda in the North. North Korea complained that the propaganda drops were littering the countryside with trash.

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              I’m not sure why what it was in response to matters. If a drone over another country’s land is an invasion, so are a bunch of balloons full of trash.

              What’s the difference?

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                What’s the difference?

                You don’t see the difference between a drone and a balloon?

                A drone is a weapon of war. A drone can collect surveillance, or even deliver a payload to a target.

                But even if you want to consider a balloon an invasion, the South still invaded first when it aerial dropped propaganda.

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                    19 days ago

                    Wait until this guy learns about South Korea having satellites. It does seem the only reason you would blow up your own roads and railways would be if you were worried about an immediate invasion though, otherwise why would you not just rig it up and blow it when needed? Could even use it as a defensive tactic.

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                    First of all, I doubt that’s the kind of balloon that was carrying trash.

                    Secondly, spy balloons were a thing back in the 1950s because satellites didn’t exist yet. No one would use a balloon for warfare these days, because you can’t steer a balloon.

                    What even is your point? If you think Washington was justified in freaking out over a weather balloon but Pyongyang was not justified in freaking out over frickin’ drones, you’re not making sense.

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            I remember the entire United States freaking out when a weather balloon from China went off course.

            I think they shot down three more weather balloons, including some kids’ school project.

            And that wasn’t even a drone that was powered and could be steered.

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          To be clear, the accusation from the North is that the drones were there to drop propaganda, not bombs. The South denies it, but let’s assume it’s true for a moment. Why is that a bigger provocation than the balloons full of actual human shit that the North has been floating over the border?

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        19 days ago

        People abandoning places instead of improving them resulted in the US, the most destructive single country in human history by every measure.

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            19 days ago

            No, I consider a defensive action from north Korea to be a defensive action from north Korea. It is better than the US, but it being an improvement would imply they were ever on the same path. The best the US could ever hope for is some states seceding and forming a proper country.

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              19 days ago

              To be clear - you consider North Korea to be a better country to live in, with a better government and a better standard of living, than the US?

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                19 days ago

                To be clear I think north Korea is a better country morally, with ideals the world should strive towards.

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                  19 days ago

                  Hey buddy, just wanna let you know you’re pretty stupid and you might need to get that condition checked out by your doctor.