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minus-squareJustinAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBecause the cold war saw campaigns of imperialism and games of influence spheres from both sides. North Korea invaded South Korea with support from the USSR.
minus-squareJustinAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoit is not whataboutism. It was a game of imperialism, with each side acting to directly counter the other. The USSR backed the North Korean Invasion of South Korea, so the US began a counterinvasion of North Korea. The US invaded Cuba, so the USSR armed Cuba with nuclear weapons.
Because the cold war saw campaigns of imperialism and games of influence spheres from both sides. North Korea invaded South Korea with support from the USSR.
Flimsy what-about
it is not whataboutism. It was a game of imperialism, with each side acting to directly counter the other.
The USSR backed the North Korean Invasion of South Korea, so the US began a counterinvasion of North Korea.
The US invaded Cuba, so the USSR armed Cuba with nuclear weapons.