Comment on Well that was predictable

• FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Maybe they should start spending their missile program money on developing their nation’s agriculture rather than relying on food imports.

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  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What and get invaded by the guys who fly nuclear-capable bombers right along their border and practice invading them every year?

    Last time they got caught lacking, 20% of their population died, many of them burned alive in their apartments by napalm.

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    • ahornsirup@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You mean that time when North Korea invaded South Korea? They weren’t “caught lacking” they started the war.

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      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The US had been making preparations for war since the late 40s, including massacring villages likely to side with the communists and getting South Korea recognized as the sole government of all of Korea at the UN.

        War was inevitable, they struck when it looked like they’d have their best shot.

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    • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We’re talking about the same North Korea who regularly threatens to nuke their neighbor and has gone as far as shooting a missile over Japan? Something tells me they are the instigators.

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      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Japan and South Korea are puppet states of America, America literally takes over South Korea’s army if the war starts again and is technically able to do so at will.

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    • FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If that happens they’ll probably have all food imports halted. If they can’t support themselves during peace time they sure can’t in war.

      If Kim would like for people to stop practicing to take down his regime maybe he should be more quiet about attempting to develop ICBMs.

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• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And why was North Korea being sanctioned? The dictator didn’t prefer to have his subjects starve (that’s pretty rare for pragmatic reasons, although not unheard of) but he certainly didn’t prioritize feeding them.

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  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    why was North Korea being sanctioned

    Do you want me to explain the entire Korean war to you?

    Here, best I can do is a podcast. It’s very well sourced though

    The dictator didn’t prefer to have his subjects starve

    This was the 90s, North Korea had just watched Russia experience a famine after the west had their way with them. The only thing the US would have accepted to lift sanctions would have been opening up North Korea to be eviscerated the same way the USSR was.

    he certainly didn’t prioritize feeding them.

    Sure, that’s why they stabilized the situation by increasing imports and building massive irrigation projects.

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• thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And now they eat poop fruit. Starvation sanctions are such monstrous means to an end; people should not have to resort to night soil because your government has beef with theirs.

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  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not sure how credible that is since any story about NK needs to be taken with a massive grain of salt. They stabilized their food situation in the 2000s so it’s unlikely they’d be eating poo.

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