Why do .ml’s get so triggered with this topic?

Because we’ve seen what the real life effect of this kind of mindless jingoism and chauvinism is; millions killed by American bombs.

And y’all invariably paint NK as these absolute saints

No, .worlders just can’t stop themselves from strawmanning.

we know what totalitarian regimes do and have done throughout the ages.

That’s an absurdly broad generalization, and one I’m going to present as proof that you see things in a cartoonish “good guys vs bad guys” framing.