lumach68 t1_j2fjch6 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:12 PM

Reply to comment by Super_Duper_Shy in N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea by Kaysic

The North wanted to conquer all of South Korea, it invaded to do as much. The UN was defending a sovereign nation from being invaded. Go live in North Korea and see if you enjoy your time there, instead of South Korea, such a horrible fate that befell upon them by the big bad US. /s If you couldn’t tell. The line was also agreed upon by both the US and the USSR. Unless of course you’re implying the USSR had to bend to the will of the United States and accept such a divide. I’m sure based on what you’ve been saying that’s what you meant. The line was meant to be a temporary measure, but the Cold War prolonged that and know here we are 77 years later. After this response if you reply back with willfully incorrect history or outright lies I will ignore it.

VideogamerDisliker t1_j2fnniw wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:43 PM

>conquer

I think you mean liberate, in the same way North Vietnam wanted to liberate the south

Super_Duper_Shy t1_j2fn2lh wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:39 PM

The south was not a sovereign country, they were being ruled by a US installed dictator who was killing many of his own people (look up the Jeju Uprising for one example). I'm not talking about living in North Korea today, I'm talking about the Korean War and the history of US aggression and the influences that has. North Korea was objectively more free and prosperous than South Korea until the fall of the Soviet Union. You have to remember that after Syngman Rhee was overthrown South Korea was ruled by a military junta until the 80s.