Civilians killed by North Korean forces near Hamhung, October 1950
I searched for an appropriate picture to accompany this post, but found only massacred South Koreans. Haven't heard this before, so don't know how true it may be. Will continue.
North Korea cheered this month when a man with a knife and a history of
violent behavior slashed the face of Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador
to South Korea. The attack in Seoul was “a knife shower of justice,”
North Korea said, praising it as “deserved punishment for warmonger
United States.”
If that sounds mean-spirited, consider this: For years, North Korea has
taught schoolchildren to bayonet effigies of U.S. soldiers. Under its
young dictator, Kim Jong Un, the government has suggested it was
prepared to nuke Washington; Austin, Texas; and Southern California.
More than 40 years ago, Kim Il Sung, the “Great Leader” who founded the
family dictatorship that rules North Korea, said there was “no secret”
about his country’s behavior: “What is most important in our
preparations [for war] is to educate all the people to hate U.S.
imperialism.”
Where does the hate come from?
Much of it is cooked up daily in Pyongyang. Like all dictatorial
regimes, the Kim family dynasty needs an endless existential struggle
against a fearsome enemy. Such a threat rationalizes massive military
spending and excuses decades of privation, while keeping dissenting
mouths shut and political prisons open.
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