Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea?

• Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can’t really “invade” your own country. North and South Korea were two sides in a civil war, with both sides claiming each other’s territory and aiming towards unification. It’s like saying that George Washington “invaded” Yorktown or that Lincoln “invaded” Virginia.

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The South did invade the North though in the US civil war.

    The Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War. The campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the North.

    And if you don’t want to use the word “invaded”, I guess you could just say that North Korea attacked the South, kicking off the war

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    • Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure, the North attacked the South. In fact, the North also attacked the North. That’s generally how revolutions work, after all.

      None of this really pertains to foreigners coming in and levelling the country and dropping chemical weapons everywhere and slaughtering a ton of civilians.

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      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        North started the war and US and other UN troops only came in to help the South after that. The whole thing could’ve possibly been avoided had the North not attacked.

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• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is like saying Ukraine started the war by invading Donbas

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If Donbas was at the time part of Russia it would be like that. So it’s not really like that. Since North Korea actually went into South Korea with the intention of taking it over.

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    • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If Donbas was at the time part of Russia it would be like that.

      You think South Korea was part of the USA?

      Since North Korea actually went into South Korea with the intention of taking it over.

      No, that’s like saying “Ukraine went into Donbas with the intention of taking it over.”

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      • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, South Korea was South Korea. North Korea was North Korea. They had been divided since 45 and had their own governments. Both claimed the whole area but that wasn’t the actual situation.

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