• freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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    16 days ago

    While totally fair, we also have the recent military agreement between Russia and Korea. It’s not entirely clear why the US would be lying about it as it’s not clear what they could really do with it. I can see Zelensky using it to try to get the US more involved, but I don’t see the US angle here. Help me?

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      15 days ago

      The military agreement is not in effect yet.

      The US is going along because of elections, and the funding of Ukraine is an issue. Adding hated enemies to the pot makes it more desirable.

      I’m not saying there’s no possibility DPRK sent troops. I’m saying we don’t know how true it is, and we shouldn’t operate as if this is a certainty. It plays into Ukrainian propaganda if we do.

      If Ukraine and the West had evidence they’d show it already.

      The DPRK minister going to Russia and saying “we’ll support Russia until victory” might seem a bit suspect, but it doesn’t actually say anything concrete.