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AdditionalFun3 t1_jed2oil wrote

Reply to comment by OneForAllOfHumanity in Olympic head slams 'deplorable' government views on Russia by Murky_Interview3502

Not that I support this war but the US invaded Iraq in 2003 and the Athens Olympics was in 2004 and the US participated in those Olympics

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fatbaIlerina t1_jedkfay wrote

That is a whataboutism and 20 years ago and completely different circumstances. The US didn't target civilians or civilian infrastructure, they had no imperial plans, and they didn't threaten the world with nukes. It was also democracy invading an authoritarian and not an authoritarian invading a democracy.

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fredrikca t1_jeeg3bn wrote

I think they had imperial motives. Oil and such.

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Orqee t1_jed5cb0 wrote

Like China did with Vietnam, Nepal, Korea,…. Like Russia did with well most of the east Europe, Finland , Afghanistan, Lybia…..

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interkeyty t1_jed9ewn wrote

China didn't even participate in the Olympics when it invaded Vietnam so that part of the comment doesn't even work lol

China invaded Nepal? Source please.

US invaded Korea as well not to mention the numerous Central and South American countries

America and friends literally boycotted the 1980 Olympics because of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan

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saltyseaweed1 t1_jeda1dr wrote

US invaded Korea? I need sources on that, please.

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interkeyty t1_jeda8cp wrote

The Korean war

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saltyseaweed1 t1_jedaf61 wrote

US did not invade Korea in the Korean war. Where are you getting your history? NK invaded SK. The UN forces, authorized by the security counsel, fought back the NK invaders.

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saltyseaweed1 t1_jeddl95 wrote

China invaded Korea when it crossed the Korean border and attacked Korean and UN forces in October of 1950.

UN forces were involved in the Korean War until the day of the armistice and did not complete their withdrawal from the peninsula until 1956. So besides being completely wrong, I'm not even certain of them point you're attempting to make.

USSR explicitly authorized NK's invasion of Korea, so not much changed i guess, except they won't make the dumb mistake of boycotting the security council.

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saltyseaweed1 t1_jedinss wrote

Nope, it's not an invasion. Do you even know what an "invasion" is? The Republic of Korea had formally requested US military assistance and the two nations had already been allies from before the war. Hopefully your head is not so twisted that you can recognize the difference between an invasion versus a military assistance to help booster defensive efforts against an invasion. I must say, though, my hope there is not very high.

As for China, Chinese military received a assistance from the Chinese government and was a national army in all practical aspect. Are you going to deny that? Plus--and more importantly--the Chinese Army was helping an invader, as opposed to helping a defensive effort against an invasion that NK initiated. Rather a key distinction that you keep choosing to not address.

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miranomejoda t1_jedzt4c wrote

he chooses to not address cause he is using the same BS spin that all communists use. The sh!t they teach them in school is bizzaro backwards

$#@! this guy and double $#@! china!

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Ozziefudd t1_jef9017 wrote

Damn I love seeing someone bring facts into discussions lol.

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MrJenzie t1_jegig8d wrote

maybe you should know ... ANYTHING about this first

a poor show from the IOC head

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phaedrus71 t1_jed38ln wrote

Yea but made up weapons of mass destruction weren’t there. Maybe there was a bigger picture?!

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