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And what has the US been doing for the last 50 years exactly ? If not dropping missiles and bombs on civilian populations abroad under the pretence of "spreading democracy" and "stopping terrorism"


Among other things, yes. I'm fairly sure you'd rather live in the US than North Korea, though. And I say that as someone who's not American and has a very dim view of capitalism and imperialism.


Your comment is just nonsense on so many levels.

1) The US does not actively target civilians. That's a war crime. There are incidental deaths absolutely but if the US was intentionally trying to cause mass deaths they would simply drop a nuclear bomb a few more times.

2) What does this have to do with spreading propaganda, cyberattacks or North Korea ?



Re (1), it is worth noting that the GP didn't say the US was actively targeting civilians. The GP said "dropping missiles and bombs on civilian populations abroad". You are in agreement with that multilevel nonsense.


Btw I'm not defending NK and their government nor am I saying that it's heaven on earth, but a bit of balance and fair treatment doesn't hurt sometimes.


Well they refuse to bend to your will so you desperately need a way to portray them as the ultimate enemy to justify the use of force against them as someone mentioned in the comments up above.

This sounds to me like the internet version of "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, we absolutely must obliterate them to protect our freedoms", yeah right.




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