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jacket_with_sleeves t1_itjahtj wrote

Did anyone else have lthe Koreas resuming conflict on their apocalypse bingo?

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DistortoiseLP t1_itjehvg wrote

North Korea will become relevant pretty fast if China ever goes full Russia and kicks off a war in Asia. How they'll be relevant I have no idea, but they'll definitely be a problem for somebody.

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jacket_with_sleeves t1_itjj7lf wrote

North Korea is the only thing stopping the West having a land border with China, so I guess they have some importance in that respect.

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tdring22 t1_itjsi5o wrote

That's literally the only thing keeping the country existing

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ScrewAttackThis t1_itjwchn wrote

Being a buffer isn't nearly as important these days. It's a big part of why NK developed their own nukes and they've been a bit of a thorn in China's side for a while.

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deaddonkey t1_itkfoaw wrote

Idk man I bet Ukraine wished it had a buffer back in feb

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ScrewAttackThis t1_itkjl8x wrote

Considering Russia invaded them in 2014, they'd probably want it a bit before feb lol.

I was mainly talking about China vs the US, though. I just mean NK isn't exactly much of a buffer for China anymore. Not only would their military fold like paper, we have a lot of capabilities that wouldn't even require us to step foot in NK if something crazy popped off.

Not to mention we've had US personnel deployed to 2 countries that share a border with China.

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Relzin t1_itjixvu wrote

Yes. I think that means I have 4 corners! BINGO!

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ScrewAttackThis t1_itjw55n wrote

Just so you know they've straight up killed each other at the border before. NK even shelled a SK island not all that long ago.

Tensions are always going to be super high there but incidents like this doesn't necessarily mean we're going to see a full war break out.

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whatsinthesocks t1_itkqw93 wrote

Yea, this seems relatively tame. Don’t for get UK also sinking the SK naval ship

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