• MrNesser@lemmy.world
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    Putin: So about those weapons

    Kim: Yes we would love more weapons

    Putin: awkward silence…

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    Nothing says desperation like going to a country even more sanctioned to buy some weapons.

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    The best thing about buying weapons from north Korea is all the artillery pieces come with oxen for maximum battlefield mobility.

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    North Korea’s biggest sin is surviving a genocidial war against them by the US, the West simply cannot forgive such transgressions.

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      Jesus Robert Christ, what other amazing historical tidbits do you have rattling around up there? This is fascinating as hell!

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        I suppose you support killing millions of Koreans and bombing 70% of Pyongyang? Afterwards sanctioning the country to hell?

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      I believe that you have it backwards. North Korea, backed by China and with the approval and arming by the USSR, invaded South Korea. South Korea remains independent today because it was defended by the UN. The North’s allies promised to rebuild the North after the war and poured billions of roubles into the country. They remained dependent on the eastern bloc countries until the USSR fell and China opened up to the West. The North’s economy fell apart in the 1990’s after they were no longer propped up by others. The US provided $600 million in aid for food and energy starting in 1995. Sanctions against North Korea did not start until 2006.

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        North Korea invaded South Korea as much as revolutionary Americans “invaded” loyalist Americans.

        North Korea indeed did have some troubles in the 1990s, which is to be expected when one is cut off from all support, yet they pulled through well and are now self-sufficient. One can’t say the same about South Korea with its worsening living conditions and plummeting birth rates, and this is with Western support.