Ukraine Invaded by the Russians - April to August 2022

[Charlie_Jack]

@QuaSaShao

What I know is North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. invaded Iraq. And Russia invaded Ukraine. The difference is the U.S. and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council and make their own rules.

This is what we had permission to participate in (reposting this quote):

Approximately 3 million people died in the Korean War, the majority of whom were civilians, making it perhaps the deadliest conflict of the Cold War-era.[47][48][316][317][318]

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Given the above, it’s not comforting to me that North Korea struck the first blow. Reposting this:

@Charlie_Jack

My main reason for wanting to stay out of this mess is that generally, in a war, people–often a large number of people–are killed. I don’t want anyone to be killed over these matters. And I confess that, being a selfish American, I especially don’t want any Americans to be killed.

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I would add that I don’t want my country to participate in mass death events unless such participation is unavoidable.

One more thing (I almost forgot this):

Documents released today give details on a decision by President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Administration in 1953 to use atomic bombs in North Korea and Communist China, if necessary, to end the Korean War.

–Bernard Gwertzman, "US Papers Tell of '53 Policy to Use A-Bomb in Korea, New York Times, June 8, 1984

Beyond the above, I don’t really know what to say to you. Our differences seem to be fundamental. So I’ll let you have the last word in this exchange, if you choose to do so, whatever your last word might be.