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dipsydoodle

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67. The only definitive version

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 09:36 AM

Apr 2013

is Jon Lee Anderson's biography.

He shot a handful of deserters and ordered the execution of 200 or so after the revolution : an appropriate punishment for their crimes. Those are the only documented incidents.

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Prosecutable US Crimes Against Humanity In Korea [View all] L0oniX Apr 2013 OP

Tell ya what DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #1

Given the background I wonder how it would be if the US had not bullied their way into Korea. L0oniX Apr 2013 #2

Bullied their way into Korea? hack89 Apr 2013 #3

Not too unlike the Chinese sponsored N. Vietnam? L0oniX Apr 2013 #7

Look at NK - a starving population, prison camps, illegal arm sales, a total police state hack89 Apr 2013 #8

You guys are always trying to reframe ...give it up. L0oniX Apr 2013 #11

SK is a thriving democracy because the US interfered hack89 Apr 2013 #12

The ends justify the means? So it was ok for the US to kill the refugees? L0oniX Apr 2013 #13

Of course not. But the good outweighed the bad. hack89 Apr 2013 #14

Have you posted any demands to prosecute the North Korean regime and its allies geek tragedy Apr 2013 #18

Yea sure I'll demand that ...while we perpetrate our own barbaric atrocities upon the innocent. L0oniX Apr 2013 #25

what specifically and objectively leads you to believe that premise? LanternWaste Apr 2013 #32

+1 HiPointDem Apr 2013 #4

I've missed you in the Korea threads!!! nt msanthrope Apr 2013 #5

Something familiar, kind of rings a Bell doesn't it!! grantcart Apr 2013 #53

... SidDithers Apr 2013 #15

Thanks for your wonderful insightful contribution to discussion about war crimes. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #28

You mean, like the post he replied to? pintobean Apr 2013 #46

...and yours. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #49

What do you think Korea would be like right now had the US/UN stayed out of Korea? octothorpe Apr 2013 #35

I don't know. It's the war crimes that I care about ...then and especially now. L0oniX Apr 2013 #47

No one told Kim nor his princes what to do DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #39

I don't see any "denial". I do see some reference notes and sources at the bottom... L0oniX Apr 2013 #50

Get on the internet and ask some people from South Korea what they think. tabasco Apr 2013 #52

No Gun Ri Massacre dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #6

"whitewash." is putting it in the most mild form possible. The US gov and some of its citizens... L0oniX Apr 2013 #10

Time article from 1999 here dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #19

Thank you for that. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #29

Are you aware that we blew up bridges while hundreds of refugees were on the bridges? GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #69

As suggested in your post, I did "see the bio about the writer" MineralMan Apr 2013 #9

this is simply inaccurate and ahistorical. cali Apr 2013 #16

See post #6 and #19 if you think its a fairytale. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #20

Typical type of response from you. No discussion ...just attack. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #23

It's one thing to discuss war crimes. It's another to act as a stenographer of the Kimist geek tragedy Apr 2013 #17

I see ...so then and now are the same thing. Thanks for your meaningfull contribution. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #24

I have been wondering whether to put that person on ignore for a while. Apologia for North Korea stevenleser Apr 2013 #57

This is like a RW parody of a left-wing viewpoint cthulu2016 Apr 2013 #21

I was thinking the same thing. Skidmore Apr 2013 #22

Nice excuse. Maybe Bush and Cheney would use the same excuse. L0oniX Apr 2013 #26

No excuse. Skidmore Apr 2013 #30

It certainly looks like nothing changes when Iraq war criminals go unpunished... L0oniX Apr 2013 #33

Nailed it... SidDithers Apr 2013 #36

Yes, way, way, WAAAAY into woo woo territory. stevenleser Apr 2013 #58

the stupid burns bright in this thread dlwickham Apr 2013 #27

It's a shame some people can't discuss anything reasonably. Kinda like teaparty people. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #31

Pot. Kettle. Black. Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2013 #37

Great reframe. L0oniX Apr 2013 #40

Where it says the US attacked South Korea in the article. Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2013 #41

So now according to some wierd distortion ...I am taking sides? Whatever. L0oniX Apr 2013 #43

You're certainly defending it enthusiastically enough. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #45

LOL ok whatever. L0oniX Apr 2013 #48

Shall we discuss... sarisataka Apr 2013 #34

Not even sure if Niceguy1 Apr 2013 #38

Ah so you read the reference notes huh? Did you even see what I had to say or did you jump... L0oniX Apr 2013 #44

So now I "implied Korea would be better off" ...what ever. You can see whatever you want... L0oniX Apr 2013 #42

When you post a one sided piece sarisataka Apr 2013 #51

Uhm well it seems that the US writes its history as it sees it as well. L0oniX Apr 2013 #54

I find history one of the more transparent disciplines sarisataka Apr 2013 #55

Wait, someone is criticizing the U.S. (and the United Nations) for the Korean War? BlueCheese Apr 2013 #56

Meh. premium Apr 2013 #59

That site is just so full of great information snooper2 Apr 2013 #60

LOL dionysus Apr 2013 #61

The North Korean Army is responsible for that action. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #62

See post #6 and #19 dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #63

Che murdered people for fun. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #64

Got any reputable links to that. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #65

Sure. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #66

The only definitive version dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #67

200+ killed, with no trials. Like I said, he was a murderer. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #68