noncredibledefense·NonCredibleDefensebyPugJesus Even allies get double-standards 😔View original on lemmy.world207Comments12Reply
SSkeezix lemmy.worldThere’s a false equivalence here. NK is much more tense and consequential based on it’s proximity to russia and china28Reply
llenuup reddthat.com1Hide 1 replyIf the US would start bombing North Korea, China would take an interest. That is far higher risk than Iran which has no big allies that could do more than inconvenience the US.15Reply
PPilferjinx replylemmy.worldChina, Pakistan, and Russia (currently tied up in their own genocidal war) have stated they will back Iran. Those aren't small actors.5Reply
LLog in | Sign up lemmy.worldAllies? Trump doesn't have alliances, he has people who say whatever it takes to keep him on side and people who say truths he doesn't want to hear. Hence Kim Jong Un turned trump into a supporter by stroking his ego.6Reply
PPhoenixz lemmy.ca3Hide 3 repliesI'm getting that this is part in jest but for those equating Israel to South Korea, in any sense but especially military risks: you're an idiot-1Reply
PugJesus replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyBecause Korea hasn't invested massive amounts into aligning itself with lunatic religious millenarians who dominate politics in this fucking country.1Reply
BBreezy replylemmy.worldIdk trump seems pretty buddy buddy with lil putin and kimmie. He probably doesnt wanna hurt his friends to bad.3Reply
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There’s a false equivalence here. NK is much more tense and consequential based on it’s proximity to russia and china
We can't bomb North Korea, they have nukes!
If the US would start bombing North Korea, China would take an interest. That is far higher risk than Iran which has no big allies that could do more than inconvenience the US.
China, Pakistan, and Russia (currently tied up in their own genocidal war) have stated they will back Iran. Those aren't small actors.
The evangelicals keep trying to bring about the apocalypse.
US be like Are you crazy? They might have nukes
Allies? Trump doesn't have alliances, he has people who say whatever it takes to keep him on side and people who say truths he doesn't want to hear.
Hence Kim Jong Un turned trump into a supporter by stroking his ego.
Is that a tighten wojak
I'm getting that this is part in jest but for those equating Israel to South Korea, in any sense but especially military risks: you're an idiot
Because Korea isnt white enough?
Because Korea hasn't invested massive amounts into aligning itself with lunatic religious millenarians who dominate politics in this fucking country.
Idk trump seems pretty buddy buddy with lil putin and kimmie. He probably doesnt wanna hurt his friends to bad.