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Lee-Lee

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13. Yeah, you don't get to be bitter about events in a war you started

Wed May 17, 2017, 10:35 AM

May 2017

That's like the schoolyard bully holding a grudge because he picks on someone who fights back and kicks his ass.

Especially when you look at how the North conducted itself. All these people circulating North Korea apologist memes as of late should study some of the accounts of how US POW's were treated by North Korea.

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Why does North Korea hate the United States? Lets go back to the Korean War. [View all] rug May 2017 OP

"the Korean War was a brutal one" jberryhill May 2017 #1

North Korea was never occupied by the U.S. rug May 2017 #2

Neither was Vietnam ex post 1975. geek tragedy May 2017 #9

They won. rug May 2017 #11

No no no Orrex May 2017 #22

Mea culpa. rug May 2017 #41

Not entirely true... Wounded Bear May 2017 #12

That was the ebb and flow of the war, not a post-war occupation. rug May 2017 #16

Understood... Wounded Bear May 2017 #21

And then we spent decades rebuilding them JayhawkSD May 2017 #4

What "claim to equivalence" have I made? jberryhill May 2017 #18

We did bomb the snot out of them dembotoz May 2017 #3

And MacArthur was openly pushing for tactical nukes. rug May 2017 #6

So? jberryhill May 2017 #20

Are you as sanguine about nukes when trump proposes it? rug May 2017 #35

No, Trump is every bit as stupid as his counterpart jberryhill May 2017 #61

The use of nukes back then didn't have the political and moral implications it does today Lurks Often May 2017 #34

I'm sure thaty was comforting to Korea. rug May 2017 #37

You own link shows that tactical weapons just started to test in 1953 former9thward May 2017 #42

The doctrine did not develop until after the Korean War was suspended. rug May 2017 #46

Yup, it was a brand new weapon and they didn't fully understand the Lurks Often May 2017 #78

Of course it was begun by an unprovoked attack by the North on the South Bucky May 2017 #5

Both North ans South were cold war pawns. rug May 2017 #7

Of course, some of those pawns have democratic freedom and prosperity... brooklynite May 2017 #47

As much freedom as can be bought. rug May 2017 #49

Which is a real reason for caution while dealing with NK Proud Liberal Dem May 2017 #8

trump's foreign policy lacks any sense of history and is based on who he thinks likes him. rug May 2017 #10

Trump's Presidency lacks any sense of........sense Proud Liberal Dem May 2017 #15

. rug May 2017 #17

Yeah, you don't get to be bitter about events in a war you started Lee-Lee May 2017 #13

Schoolyard analogies are a piss-poor basis for foreign policy involving nuclear weapons. rug May 2017 #19

When those weapons are in the hands of children, they certainly are jberryhill May 2017 #23

Neither Kim nor trump are children. rug May 2017 #26

They certainly are jberryhill May 2017 #27

Analogizing trump to a person with "developmental" deficits is repugnant. rug May 2017 #31

Too bad. He is not emotionally an adult jberryhill May 2017 #32

That's not a developmental deficit. rug May 2017 #40

I'm not any kind of psychologist at all, so how does that grab you? jberryhill May 2017 #43

I revel in the obvious. rug May 2017 #44

Doesn't change the fact that North Korea started the war Lee-Lee May 2017 #25

Question??? atreides1 May 2017 #29

100%? Read about the Mungyeong Massacre six months earlier. rug May 2017 #30

So fucking what jberryhill May 2017 #45

Get a grip. Hundreds were killed in the months leading up to it. rug May 2017 #48

"Bircher newsletters" jberryhill May 2017 #50

How many nukes do you think that calls for? rug May 2017 #52

Ask your friend Kim jberryhill May 2017 #53

Ah, ducking the only answer with an ad hominem. rug May 2017 #54

It's a stupid question jberryhill May 2017 #55

I didn't say you were a friend of Robert Welch. rug May 2017 #60

What happened, did your concert tickets get lost in the mail? jberryhill May 2017 #62

Yes. Has your objectivity gotten lost? rug May 2017 #66

David Hasselhoff is an official spokesperson of the US? jberryhill May 2017 #68

My bad. I thought you'd like him. rug May 2017 #69

lofl - "Kim Dil Do" ... yaw crazy uponit7771 May 2017 #51

I am getting the feeling you do not like the North Korean government. pangaia May 2017 #57

Depends jberryhill May 2017 #59

If I was the Korean Peninsula right now,I'd be extremely worried maryellen99 May 2017 #14

I can't imagine they're not. rug May 2017 #24

I'm worried as well. He's desperate nt maryellen99 May 2017 #28

Where has that gotten them? I don't give a shit if N. Korea hates the U.S. nt LexVegas May 2017 #33

Since it dictatates U.S. foreign policy you should. rug May 2017 #39

They are all talk. nt LexVegas May 2017 #71

You're going to need a bigger ear. rug May 2017 #73

Those people know what happened to them last time. That kind of ass whoopin' don't fade away. nt LexVegas May 2017 #75

37,000 dead, 129,000 wounded. U.S. military only. rug May 2017 #77

When you start a war, you really can't blame someone else for what happens. brooklynite May 2017 #36

The war started long before June 25, 1950. rug May 2017 #38

I appreciate your views and knowledge of all this. pangaia May 2017 #63

It's a mess. Dehumanizing the North won't help. rug May 2017 #64

true that. pangaia May 2017 #74

Good point loyalsister May 2017 #56

Yes. Until we understand it, we're just flailing. rug May 2017 #58

Message deleted by DU the Administrators malaise May 2017 #65

Amen. rug May 2017 #67

Message deleted by DU the Administrators EX500rider May 2017 #70

Doubtless. They're all U.S. Allies. They all participated in the war under the UN Flag. rug May 2017 #72

"Don't forget Poland!" regnaD kciN May 2017 #76