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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Did someone invade North Korea recently?

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The global average lifespan is ~70 years so…how about in the last 70 years?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

70 years is oddly convenient choice.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok how about this

Have they been invaded since their permanent borders were established in 1953?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Again, very convenient: only an invasions are to be considered. Thank you for making my point.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah sorry I thought we were talking about invasions since the image is about Ukraine receiving support because they were invaded

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Weird that all the people in the places they are fighting are Russian speaking Ukrainians that mostly moved into Russia during this war after being violently repressed by the Ukrainian government when they voted to join Russia and were denied

[–] Ciderpunk@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hey, quick question, were those votes held before or after Russian troops were occupying those regions?

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They were held in 2014. The Russian invasion came after 10 years of violent suppression of the Russian majority of Donbas. To be clear I think Russia, Ukraine, EU and US are all awful villains in the world. But the US in particular is funding both sides of this war through client states in the EU when they overthrew the Ukranian government in 2014 and clandestinely through their proxies in Russia. The end goal is the Iraqification of Ukraine and theft of their resources.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

They sure were

I hate to be on the same side as a .world chud, but, like, this is a question about invasion not all the other myriad fuckery and provocations.

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the US did. They're still considered at war since no peace treaty has been signed the US is officially still at war with them.

[–] BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So I'm not in tune to the same news you are, I guess... when did the US invade North Korea?

Please don't be snarky. I'm asking in good faith, I'm genuinely curious and trying to be open-minded.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The 1950s, where the US Empire committed genocide against Koreans (on both sides of the parallel).

[–] BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

North Korea invaded South Korea knowing that South Korea had the US and UN as allies. North Korea almost won at the outset too.

I'm just looking at Wikipedia, that's my go-to for better or for worse. Do you have an alternative source that I could look at that mentions genocide?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

This is an excellent overview of modern Korean dynamics by tracing Korean history. In addition to destroying 80% of buildings in the north, allegedly using germ warfare, sabotaging crop yields, and more, the US Army also slaughtered Koreans in the south, such as the No Gun Ri massacre.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

As the news so helpfully pointed out at the start of 2022, it's because Ukranians look white

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

It shouldn't be surprising, in the addition to the lack of discipline, propaganda actually works.

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 15 points 1 week ago
[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Beautiful 🫡

[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago

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