Neo cons have the same grasp on geopolitics as children, also the destruction of Libya show the DPRK that its nuclear program is its only defence against US intervention, and now days Iran also learn the same leason
And Saddam tried to play ball with the US, IIRC from the blowback pod he saw 9/11 as a way to get closer to the US and try to use it to actually improve relations. Saddam tried to be cooperative to an extent and he still got attacked. That’s the real precedent that was set.
I get that the DPRK is a bit more complex, but I get irrationally pissed off when US Americans talk about Cuba and Castro like it’s some dictatorship when the people of Cuba are more free and have more democracy than we do in the US. IIRC more people were executed in 6 years under Batista than in over 60 years since the revolution.
The USA must treat all other countries even its allies as Dictatorships or at least less “Free” than them or else the False reality of American Exceptionalism falls and its people are gonna demand something better than the Fascist Oligarchy they currently have
Nerds on reddit get so mad when I tell them China is unironically more democratic than the US.
The funniest thing to me is when John Bolton actually said out loud “We are looking to use the Libya model in North Korea.” Such a monumentally stupid thing to say out loud that even Trump of all people realized that is was dumb to say. http://tbs.seoul.kr/eFm/newsView.do?typ_800=M&idx_800=3392452&seq_800=