Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days agoThey did fight for it. North Korea was just much better armed and stronger thanks in large part to USSR’s help. South asked for UN help and got it, much of it provided by the US. And later on China got directly involved.
It doesn’t feel like you’re against getting involved in this type of stuff but specifically angry at the US
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
The UN at that time was a fairly new institution, and China’s seat was denied to it and given to Taiwan, leading to the USSR to boycott it. The UN that invaded Korea was mostly just the US and Western Europe, it doesn’t provide the moral cover you want it too.
Ideally, neither the US nor the USSR and China would have been involved. But if you’re justifying US imperialism by arguing that the USSR and China were being imperialistic, then I see no reason why their positions wouldn’t be justified on the same basis. It’s nonsense. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Again, it’s a simple question, so go ahead and answer it. Who actually benefitted from the US bombing the hell out of Korea and deploying chemical and biological weapons on its people? And if no one benefitted, then why the hell do you support it?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
South Korea benefited from UN (and I’m using that since it was UN who was the participant, not for “moral cover”) driving North Korea back after they had invaded.
All of the casualties could’ve been avoided had both governments stayed behind their respective borders. Like how happened in Germany.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
“South Korea” isn’t a person. Who actually benefited?
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Seeing how things are now, South Koreans