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68. David Hasselhoff is an official spokesperson of the US?

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Wed May 17, 2017, 03:04 PM

May 2017

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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

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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