• UnderpantsWeevil
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    2 months ago

    But considering their northern neighbors are actively hostile

    Ah yes, I remember this like it was yesterday. 2019 SEAL Team Six operation in North Korea. The North Koreans attacked a Navy Special Forces infiltration squad with a shell fishing boat, firing three sailors worth of ammunition into their defenseless bullets.

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      2 months ago

      Damn, I didn’t know seal team six was a part of the South Korean military. That’s pretty crazy.

      Or irrelevant.

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          2 months ago

          Sure, NK only needs a big huge threatening military to defend against the US. Using the same logic, SK should also have a large standing military to defend against NK.

          Because that was the original point: it is reasonable for SK to maintain a large standing army when faced with the threat of its northern neighbors.

          The fact that you instinctively hate and blame the US for everything is in fact irrelevant. Note that raid wouldn’t have happened if Kim didn’t see an opportunity to mess with trump. If he stayed in his lane, focused on his people, and ignored the orange gibbon, NK would probably be a lot better off.