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Maybe declaring martial law when there isn't a violent overthrow of the government in progress doesn't really garner much sympathy.
by tankenmate 2y ago
Maybe declaring martial law when there isn't a violent overthrow of the government in progress doesn't really garner much sympathy.
- petesergeant 2y agoYes brother, that was my point, wrt to the text I quoted
- happytoexplain 2y agoI read it the same way the parent did - can you clarify?
- brvsft 2y agoHis point was that Westerners aren't necessarily going to be fooled, with the example of the AP (Western) viewing his declaration of martial law unsympathetically.
- petesergeant 2y agoThere’s not usually much space between consensus Western opinion (when there is one) and AP editorial stance, so if they think he’s a loon, it’s safe to assume most in the West will too. “Unsympathetic towards” does not mean “biased against”
- bilbo0s 2y agoHe's being "oppressed" by all the "enemies of South Korea" out there engaging in the newly anti-South Korean practices of "reason and logic".