Posted on Jan 28, 2022
North Korea test-fires another pair of ballistic missiles, South’s military says
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North Korea situation is different…
DPRK wants official recognition, trade and peace treaty in order for authoritarian Kim regime to maintain power. It may invade recognized South Korea later, but DPRK is firing missiles in order to blackmail for foreign aid and look strong.
Russia-Ukraine situation involves two separate sovereign entities. Putin wants to take Ukraine intact without using nuclear weapons in order to regain USSR prestige and have access for trade (Crimea is key terrain near Black Sea)
DPRK wants official recognition, trade and peace treaty in order for authoritarian Kim regime to maintain power. It may invade recognized South Korea later, but DPRK is firing missiles in order to blackmail for foreign aid and look strong.
Russia-Ukraine situation involves two separate sovereign entities. Putin wants to take Ukraine intact without using nuclear weapons in order to regain USSR prestige and have access for trade (Crimea is key terrain near Black Sea)
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MAJ James Woods
My point is criticism of media coverage not that the situation is the same. How suddenly we stopped caring about NK and the brink of war with their missile launches. If S Korea is invaded, the alliance we have is a mandate to respond. The US has no such mandate with Ukraine so this expectation from politicians and media to commit military response is exaggerated nonsense.
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