Something this war made me think about was the common liberal statement that “North Korea has thousands of artillery pointing at Seoul and can obliterate it at any time”.
Like, yeah they have thousands of artillery but it’s not pointing at Seoul is it? It’s gonna be pointing at the US base and strategic military positions.
They aren’t just gonna kill civilians for the sake of it. But this is always how it’s posed. It actually took this Iran war for me to notice this little bit of propaganda. I only realised it when the media presented the current missile strikes as attacks against regional countries when it’s clearly obvious they’re only attacking the US military positions in those countries and not the countries themselves.
Yeah, like, even if they ultimately wanted to kill a bunch of S Koreans, they STILL wouldn’t have their weapons pointed at Seoul because Seoul isn’t a threat…
Something this war made me think about was the common liberal statement that “North Korea has thousands of artillery pointing at Seoul and can obliterate it at any time”.
Like, yeah they have thousands of artillery but it’s not pointing at Seoul is it? It’s gonna be pointing at the US base and strategic military positions.
They aren’t just gonna kill civilians for the sake of it. But this is always how it’s posed. It actually took this Iran war for me to notice this little bit of propaganda. I only realised it when the media presented the current missile strikes as attacks against regional countries when it’s clearly obvious they’re only attacking the US military positions in those countries and not the countries themselves.
Also, it’s a case of projection because as we see in Iran, attacking civilians is precisely what the empire is doing.
One word: projection.
Yeah, like, even if they ultimately wanted to kill a bunch of S Koreans, they STILL wouldn’t have their weapons pointed at Seoul because Seoul isn’t a threat…