Quote (ferdia @ Dec 16 2024 04:28pm)
a couple of things:
1. US troops have been confirmed to be in Ukraine (as you should know) so I am construing your comment to mean that its US + European/western aligned countries. I mean look, i get it, but from a neutral standpoint we already have other continents interfering, viewed from the global lens, and not the european lens.
2. Can you clarify you mean Korean troops in europe (Ukraine) or Korean troops in Europe (Poland). I think Korean invasion of Poland = ww3, ditto if the Russians invade. (and to be clear i see neither event occuring).
3. I agree, we viewed Korean troops in the conflict as an escalation. it IS an escalation, albeit not at the same level as long range missiles given to Ukraine. ultimately, if the US and its allies support Ukraine, then its a matter of equivalence, i dont see a problem with china/iran/india/korean providing boots and or bombs. The US opened pandorra's box by financing and contributing to wars abroad.
If we dont like troops from another continent then the US soldiers arming those long range missiles, should not be there either. but the fact is the koreans are in Russia (and ukraine) and the US troops are in Ukraine, while the collective west, including countries not in europe continue to support ukraine, while russia and its allies continue to push into ukraine.
which, to be clear, is mental. its also mental that the US has categorically ruled out negotiating with russia and the world is hoping for a tv gameshow judge (trump) to prevent ww3.
1. True, but it's only a handful of Americans that are relegated to target acquisition for ATACMS, etc, and radar/early warning systems. The rest are mercs.
2. It's the Koreans in Ukraine that I would find unwelcome.
3. I still don't like either side involving any non-Europeans in this conflict. This isnt a "racist" thing, but more of a "brother war" thing, if you will. There's a difference (imo) between providing arms to a country at war and
officially putting boots on the ground.
Im in agreement with most users in this topic that are pro-Russian about most things, but this is one issue where I felt I had to nitpick, just to balance things out. The below link is claiming that the best koreans are fighting in kursk, and as long as they dont cross over into Ukrainian territory, i have no problem with Russias tactics
Ukraine says North Koreans took heavy casualties during weekend attack in Kursk region
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/europe/north-koreans-kursk-losses-intl/index.html