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[–]NeoRail 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

It's not like it's the first time USA treats an ally in such a way.

Other than South Korea, I actually cannot think of a single US "ally" that the US did not abandon or screw over in the past century. Even in the case of South Korea, if another poster here is to be believed, the Americans transformed the country into a prostitution state. If I recall correctly, in the immediate aftermath of the Korean war, up to 30% of the South Korean GDP was revenue from the prostitution industry servicing American troops.

[–]douglas_waltersWhite Supremacist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They were just spreading freedom and democracy bro

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/05/356_277394.html

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I knew about the Three S policy in Japan, but did not realise there was a similar development in Korea. Interesting. It seems that in the minds of the great democratic crusaders, cynicism and democracy necessarily go together.