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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The US did to North Korea what Israel did to the Gaza Strip. It is the same violent settler-colonial mentality. Then USians act surprised that North Korea wants to have nuclear weapons.

This is how the US assessed the damage after 3 weeks of bombing:

  • Ch'osan – 85%
  • Hoeryong (Hoeryŏng) – 90%
  • Huich'on (Hŭich'ŏn) – 75%
  • Kanggye – 75%
  • Kointong – 90%
  • Manp'ochin – 95%
  • Namsi – 90%
  • Sakchu – 75%
  • Sinuichu – 60%
  • Uichu – 20%

The bombing continued for 3 years... Only stopped when the US ran out of targets. "Pyongyang, which saw 75% of its area destroyed, was so devastated that bombing was halted as there were no longer any worthy targets.[30][31] By the end of the campaign, US bombers had difficulty in finding targets and were reduced to bombing footbridges or jettisoning their bombs into the sea.[32]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea

[–] PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

I only knew a little bit about this, so didn't want to equate it to a genocide like Gaza which I know more about, but yeah America really fucking sucks.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

"Burn it if you so desire. Not only that, Strat, but burn and destroy as a lesson to any other of those towns that you consider of military value to the enemy". - Douglas MacAurther