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There was blood on everybody's hands in Ireland though. Hard to make the same case for N. Korea.
by hyperbovine 9y ago
There was blood on everybody's hands in Ireland though. Hard to make the same case for N. Korea.
- fasj82 9y agoDon't forget about the sanctions.
- umanwizard 9y agoEveryone? I’m pretty sure most people (from both ethnic groups or religions or whatever you want to call them) were civilians...
- hyperbovine 9y agoEveryone who participated in the conflict, yes. The IRA and UDA/UFF were both unquestionably guilty of committing atrocities during the Troubles. The North Korean situation is much different -- one-sided persecution of the masses by the ruling class. The GDR would perhaps be a better analogy. It's hard to envision an end to this situation that does not involve Kim Jong Un and thousands of others on the gallows, which is why I absolutely do not believe in the sincerity of these overtures.
- throwawaymanbot 9y agoGood Point!
- lulwut 9y agoLOL WUT? The USA literally ran out of bombing targets because they flattened North Korea during the war.
- dang 9y agoThere's a point here, but please don't make it this way, i.e. in the internet trolling style. It guarantees worse discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html