Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea?
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 day agoWell, your country is part of the UN and as you’ve emphasized it was a UN intervention so I’d say it’s pretty clear which side of the war you have a greater ability to influence and therefore a greater responsibility to critique.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Not members of the Securit Council though who made the decision or the United Nations Command. So not any more say over the matter than any other country that was part of the UN (which at the time and still is pretty much every country, but not all).
But it also happened before I was born, so my possibilities on affecting the outcome are pretty limited.
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Which returns to my previous point that “the UN” at the time was essentially just the US, the UK (whose support was bought with the coup in Iran), and France.
Then why are we even talking about it? Because it provides an opportunity to learn from mistakes and avoid repeating them.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Pretty much every country was a member. This was the makeup of the security council at the time. Yugoslavia abstained, Soviet Union was boycotting the UN.
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“Don’t start wars” is a lesson we’ll hardly need opportunities to learn about, no matter how many there are people are still going to start them again and again.
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
“Every country was responsible for the invasion of Korea because everyone was in the UN.”
“Finland has no influence over the UN because we’re not on the security council.”
Choose one.
“Don’t start wars” is not the only lesson to learn, also, “Avoid getting involved in wars unless you have a very good reason, even if you didn’t start it.”