I stumbled on this article this morning. it's regarding the United Nations bombing campaign of the Korean war that lasted 3 years.
The author Mehdi Hasan conveys that the bombing of mainly the North as so severe and constant that almost everything was destroyed or damaged.and if the 3 million estimated civilian casualties is correct then that is a staggering number, especially back in 1950 with a much smaller population.
So although the regime targets Americans as the devil for propaganda purposes, there is a great deal of justification in it too.
A bombing campaign like that would absolutely not be forgotten by those old enough to remember and so a certain amount of paranoia is justified.
The first article is by Mehdi Hasan and the second one is by Blaine Harden who co-wrote "escape from camp 14". the book that got me interested in North Korea in the first place.
Blaine Harden goes as far as to call it a war crime and I would agree. I would also venture that the military industrial complex had a big say in it as well.
By the way, if you want to learn how the war racket works, you can read a book by Smedley Butler. an American marine general who eventually realized that war was just a money making business.
I've read it and it is very interesting. it's only 58 pages long.
You can buy it for a buck or two on Amazon or you can read it online here.
https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1523758325/ref=rdr_ext_tmb#reader_1523758325
https://theintercept.com/2017/05/03/why-do-north-koreans-hate-us-one-reason-they-remember-the-korean-war/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-war-crime-north-korea-wont-forget/2015/03/20/fb525694-ce80-11e4-8c54-ffb5ba6f2f69_story.html?utm_term=.27e02c029e88
The author Mehdi Hasan conveys that the bombing of mainly the North as so severe and constant that almost everything was destroyed or damaged.and if the 3 million estimated civilian casualties is correct then that is a staggering number, especially back in 1950 with a much smaller population.
So although the regime targets Americans as the devil for propaganda purposes, there is a great deal of justification in it too.
A bombing campaign like that would absolutely not be forgotten by those old enough to remember and so a certain amount of paranoia is justified.
The first article is by Mehdi Hasan and the second one is by Blaine Harden who co-wrote "escape from camp 14". the book that got me interested in North Korea in the first place.
Blaine Harden goes as far as to call it a war crime and I would agree. I would also venture that the military industrial complex had a big say in it as well.
By the way, if you want to learn how the war racket works, you can read a book by Smedley Butler. an American marine general who eventually realized that war was just a money making business.
I've read it and it is very interesting. it's only 58 pages long.
You can buy it for a buck or two on Amazon or you can read it online here.
https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1523758325/ref=rdr_ext_tmb#reader_1523758325
https://theintercept.com/2017/05/03/why-do-north-koreans-hate-us-one-reason-they-remember-the-korean-war/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-war-crime-north-korea-wont-forget/2015/03/20/fb525694-ce80-11e4-8c54-ffb5ba6f2f69_story.html?utm_term=.27e02c029e88
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